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NSW Country are desperate to reward their 800,000-square kilometre supporter range and toast the regions massive contribution to Australian rugby with victory in Saturdays National Rugby Championship final.Tamworth, Australias country music capital, will play host to the final of Australias much-debated third-tier rugby competition with the Eagles hosting Perth Spirit at Scully Park.And the match will have a particularly special feel for NSW Country captain Paddy Ryan, no matter how much he tries to play it down, with the Waratahs prop a proud Tamworth boy who aligns himself with the Pirates club - the winners of this years Central North competition.I havent really thought about that, Ryan told ESPN in typical country style.Im just going to enjoy spending time with my family, and I think mum and dad will be happy they dont have to drive five hours down the highway to watch me play footy for a change, which will be great.But Im trying to keep a lid on it a bit myself; Im trying not to think too much about that side of things, and focusing on what we need to do to win the game.Regional NSW has a proud association with Australian rugby, with many great Wallabies hailing from outside Sydney.While they are linked with different NRC clubs, recent Wallabies Sam Carter and Ben McCalman hail from Quirindi and Warren respectively, while the likes of Chris Latham, Tom Bowman, Tim Gavin and Warwick Waugh are just a few of the other to hail from the bush over the past few decades.Meanwhile, Dubbos Tom Robertson will come off the bench for the Wallabies in Bledisloe III at Eden Park just hours before kick-off in Tamworth.After taking a game to Tamworth earlier this year, before being forced to move a home game in Orange to Sydney due to the big winter wet, and then playing last weeks semifinal in Newcastle, Ryan said the Eagles were as much about acknowledging NSW Countrys contribution to Australian rugby as they were about winning the NRC.Yeah, and I think thats no accident, Ryan said when asked about the wide-ranging support the Eagles had received this season.You look at the work of guys like Pete Tonkin and Rich Hutchison [franchise founders] to get the whole program moving because New South Wales Country Rugby deserves to be acknowledged more in the rugby landscape.Its got a massive base in our [rugby] culture, and hard-working country boys have been some of our best Test players. So there has been a sort of natural [existing] support there.But I think its been well recognised by the guys who got us up and going as an NRC team, and they did that off their own bat and out of their own pocket which I think is just really commendable.Ryan said the Eagles had been embraced by the community, no matter where theyd taken their homes games this season.Every time weve gone out to the country, and we played a game at Queensland Country this year, the way that the people of the town embrace you is just so great, he told ESPN.Its fantastic the way the whole community gets around you, and everyone just wants to enjoy each others company and theyre so genuine.And the reason that we take these big games back out to the country [is] because of the way people treat us when we come there.Weve got affiliations with [Sydney Shute Shield clubs] Easts and Randwick and Sydney Uni, all who have adequate facilities to host a final. But were taking this game to the country because of the way the people have behaved and treated us, and made us feel like a real part of the community.After leading the competition throughout the season, the Eagles have assumed slight favouritism for Saturday nights decider.And Ryan is expecting a tight battle, after both sides were comfortable winners in the semifinals.Their forward pack was very strong last week against the Rays and theyve got significant attacking threats in the backline, Ryan said of the Spirit.But I think weve seen in these NRC games that if the forward pack can win the physicality battle through set-piece and physicality around the field, they will be the team that unleashes their backs and will be the team that will ultimately win.Both teams have red-hot backlines and both teams have some reasonable forwards in good packs, so its going to come down to who turns up on the day and is prepared to win.Doug Kotar Cheap Jersey . 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