Paul Field is a former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player for the New South Wales Blues. His position of choice was at hooker.

Field was selected to represent New South Wales directly from the New South Wales Country Rugby League

New South Wales Country Rugby League

-2011 Tier 2 Championships:-History:Newcastle was the first city outside Sydney to start a league competition, being involved in the Sydney Premiership in 1908-09 and then starting their own competition in 1910....

, one of only three players to be selected straight from a country club to play for the Blues. Field played for Cootamundra

Cootamundra, New South Wales

Cootamundra is a town and Local Government Area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. At the 2006 census, Cootamundra had a population of 5,566. It is located on the Olympic Highway at the point where it crosses the Muttama Creek, between Junee and...

 and was selected for games II and III of the 1983 State of Origin

1983 Rugby League State of Origin series

The 1983 State of Origin series was the 2nd annual interstate representative series between rivals New South Wales and Queensland to be played under "state of origin" selection rules.-Game I:...

 series.

Field is still involved with rugby league and is currently president of the Group 9

Group 9 Rugby League

Group 9 is a rugby league competition based around the surrounding areas of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The competition is played in five grades, these being the under 16s , the under 18s , women's league-tag, Reserve Grade and the XXXX Gold Group 9 First Grade.-History:Group 9 Rugby League was...

Cootamundra Bulldogs.

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