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 ​​​​​​​
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