NRL must fill Country void: Garry Jack

[mozgrame]

Rugby league great Garry Jack has called on the NRL to introduce a City-Country residents clash to replace the axed elite representative fixture.

Sunday's City-Country Origin match will be the last of the time-honoured fixture, as dwindling player availability combined with a packed NRL calendar take their toll on the concept.

Jack was a part of the first City-Country Origin match in 1987, after moving from Wollongong to Sydney to play 247 games for Balmain and Western Suburbs, as well as 21 Tests for Australia.

However he has watched on in dismay this week as more than 50 players became unavailable, and on Friday joined fellow Country great Michael Cronin in condemning the fixture's axing.

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[manlyfan76]

He was never the same was he.

 

[mozgrame]

He was never the same was he.

This is not Ian's fault. LOL!

 

[Woodsie]

Doesn't remember that the origin version replaced the resident version because it was a mis-match.

This year I believe the country group rep teams have been changed to include only players u/23. Don't understand why.