Metro & Country Senior Teams 2023
Town v Country fixtures date back to the early days of Rugby Southland and every provide not only a hotly contested fixture, but a chance for the Stags and Southland Development coaching staff to identify players for their programmes. Southland Country is selected from players that play in their sub-union day tournament which was won by Eastern in 2021 and Town (Metropolitan) is made up of players from the 5 Premier clubs and 2 Division 1 clubs in the Invercargill area. In 2021, Town played eventual Meads Cup champions South Canterbury and Country beat Otago Country before Town won the annual fixture between the two sides.
2023 Southland Country Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Robert Blatch
Assistant Coach(s): Jimmy Sinclair, Jeroe Fodie
Manger: Donald McGuigan
2023 Southland Country Fixtures
July 29th - Southland Country vs Southland U19 - Waikaia 2:30pm
August 4th Southland Country vs Southland Developmen t - Limehills 7:00pm
August 12th Southland Country vs Otago Country - Owaka 2:30pm
August 19th Southland Country vs Otago Sassenachs & North Otago B G3H - Oamaru
​​​​​​​2022 Fixtures
July 23rd - Country Sub Union Day - Riversdale - Central Winners
July 30th - Metro vs Country - Les George Oval Invercargill 2.30pm - Southland Metro 43 Southland Country 10
August 6th - Southland Country vs Otago Country - Gore Showgrounds 2.30pm - Otago Country 26 Southland Country 22 ​​​​​​​
2021: Metropolitan beat Country 40-27
2020: Metropolitan beat Country 57-25
2019: Country beat Metropolitan 35-17
2018:
2017: Metropolitan beat Country 62-5
2016: Country beat Metropolitan 21-19
2015: Country beat Metropolitan 25-12
2014: Country beat Metropolitan 10-7
2013: Country beat Metropolitan
2012: Metropolitan beat Country 18-14
RUGBY SOUTHLAND
Office: 120A Leet Street, Invercargill 9812
Postal: PO Box 291, Invercargill 9812
Phone: (03) 2168694