The Corowa-Rutherglen Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Kangaroos'', is an

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and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

club based in the town of

Corowa Corowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. It is the largest town in the Federation Council a ...

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. Corowa-Rutherglen's football and netball squads formerly played in the

Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...

. The club is notable for producing many VFL / AFL football players over many years, including

John Longmire John Longmire (born 31 December 1970) is the current coach of the Sydney Swans. As a player, he represented the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1988 to 1999. Early years Longmire was born in Corowa, ...

History

The club was formed in 1979 when the Corowa Spiders and the Rutherglen Redlegs merged to become the "Corowa-Rutherglen Roos". Additionally surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa Cats in 1979 and competed in the

Coreen & District Football League The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales, initially formed in 1909. The netball competition commenced in 1972 in line with the football fixture ...

for 13 seasons, before moving to the

Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in North-Eastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla. History The ''Ovens & King Football League'' was formed on ...

for 11 seasons. Today the club is known as the Rutherglen Cats, dropping "Corowa" from their name in 2002, and have competed in the

Tallangatta & District Football League The Tallangatta and District Football League (TDFL) is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern border area of Riverina region of the New South Wales. The clubs compete across four competitions, two of ...

since 2004. In the 2016 Ovens & Murray FNL season it was announced that the Corowa-Rutherglen FNC would move the round 11 home match to Rutherglen's Barkley Park. This marked the first time a match was played in Rutherglen for premiership points since the 1981 Ovens & Murray FL season. Traditionally the Rutherglen Cats do not play on the Queen's Birthday Weekend as the town hosts the annual Winery Walkabout. Accompanying the return was a pre-match luncheon with many guest speakers, including

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O&M Hall of Famer Bill Gayfer, Mick Gayfer, John Pearce, Corowa-Rutherglen's O&M Hall of Famer Jim Sandral, Dennis Sandral, John Clancy, and Peter Chisnall. At the luncheon it was suggested by Corowa-Rutherglen official Fred Longmire that both the Corowa-Rutherglen FNC & Rutherglen FNC could be run by a one-commission model, which would include three representatives from both clubs, an independent chairperson and a paid general manager to run 12 football and nine netball teams in the O&M and T&D football leagues.

Premierships

** Seniors (2) 2000, 2003 ** Seconds (2): 1986, 1992 ** Thirds (3): 1983, 1984, 2000

VFL / AFL players

The following players played with CRFNC prior to making their VFL / AFL senior football debut or were drafted to an AFL club. * 1981 - Darryl Henderson - * 1986 - Michael Gayfer - * 1988 -

- * 1988 -

Brett MacKenzie Brett Mackenzie (born 31 May 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia servin ...

- * 1988 -

Mark O'Donoghue Mark O'Donoghue (born 10 July 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). O'Donoghue spent the 1988 VFL season at North Melbourne and kicked two goals on debut against G ...

- * 1994 -

Damian Houlihan Damian Houlihan (born 30 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). Houlihan was the first of a set of four brothers to be drafted to the AFL. His younger brothers Ad ...

- * 1995 -

Jeff Bruce Jeff Bruce (born 9 November 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1995. He was recruited from the Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League ...

- * 1997 - Brad Campbell - * 1997 -

Adam Houlihan Adam L. Houlihan (born 6 April 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is one of four brothers who were all drafted to Australia ...

- * 1997 -

Ben Mathews Ben Mathews (born 29 November 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mathews originally played with Hopefield Buraja FC in the Coreen & District Football League, th ...

- * 2000 -

Ryan Houlihan Ryan Houlihan (born 21 January 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 12 seasons and 201 games for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2000 to 2011. Background Ryan is the third of four bro ...

- * 2000 -

Aaron Henneman Aaron Henneman (born 13 December 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL). Henneman joined YVMDFL club Silvan in 2007 after being delisted by Essendon the year before. Joinin ...

- * 2001- David Teague - * 2002 - Robert Campbell - * 1982
Craig Horwood
- Played no senior AFL games * 1986 - Paul Bartlett - Played no senior AFL games * 1993 - Paul Lewis - Played no senior AFL games * 1999 - Adam Mathews - Played no senior AFL games * 2001 - Joshua Houlihan - Played no senior AFL games

Team of the Century (1903–2003)

;Team ref: * EssendonDesign

(1903–78) * Rutherglen fc monogram

(1903–78) * AFL North Melbourne Icon

Corowa-Rutherglen (1979–2003) ;Notes: * ¹ G. Tobias was named in the Team of the Century for his career with the Corowa FC. He was also a foundation player for the Corowa-Rutherglen FC in 1979

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