Sydney University club took a 25% stake in the team and provided many Eagles players from that season onwards. Darren Coleman was appointed as the first head coach of NSW Country team in 2014. Coleman had previously guided Japanese team Toyota Shokki to Top League promotion for the 2013–14 season. Prior to that, he was also the assistant coach of the Central Coast Rays team which won the ARC in 2007. Coleman continued as head coach through to 2018. Grounds The NSW Country team plays its home matches in regional centres of New South Wales. In previous seasons, the team has also hosted some games in Sydney. The team has its training base at the University of NSW in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the same facility used by the Waratahs. The team has scheduled home matches at the following locations: Current squad The squad for the 2019 NRC season: </onlyinclude> Records Honours National Rugby Championship Runners-up: 2016 Playoff appearances: 2014 Horan-Little Shield Season winners: 2016 Season standings National Rugby Championship {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 ! style="width:20px;"|Year ! style="width:20px;"|Pos ! style="width:20px;"|Pld ! style="width:20px;"|W ! style="width:20px;"|D ! style="width:20px;"|L ! style="width:20px;"|F ! style="width:20px;"|A ! style="width:25px;"|+/- ! style="width:20px;"|BP ! style="width:20px;"|Pts ! style="width:25em; text-align:left;"| Play-offs |- |2018 |7th | 7 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 140 || 280 || −140 || 2 || 6 |align=left| Did not compete |- |2017 |5th | 8 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 219 || 217 || +2 || 2 || 20 |align=left| Did not compete |- |2016 |1st | 7 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 280 || 190 || +90 || 4 || 28 |align=left| Grand final loss to Perth Spirit by 20–16. |- |2015 |5th | 8 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 225 || 260 || −35 || 3|| 19 |align=left| Did not compete |- |2014 |2nd | 8 || 6 || 0 || 2 || 251 || 202 || +49 || 3 || 27 |align=left| Semi-final loss to Brisbane City by 26–32. |} Head coaches Robert Taylor (2019) Darren Coleman (2014–2018) Captains Ned Hanigan (2019) Paddy Ryan (2016–2018) Jono Lance (2015) Matthew Carraro, Cameron Treloar (2014) Squads {| class="collapsible collapsed" style=" width: 100%; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid darkgray; border-spacing: 3px;" |- ! colspan="10" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" |2016 NSW Country Eagles squad – NRC |- | colspan="10" |The squad for