Wade Park
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Wade Park, Orange, Australia — opened Originally built for cricket; rugby league use recorded here from 1913, 18 rugby league games hosted, home of A Group 10 Rugby League venue, preferred by Orange CYMS over the inferior Norton Park; more recently home to the Orange Hawks (Group 10) and, from 2014, NSW Country Eagles (National Rugby Championship, rugby union).
Sourcing caveat: It is not confirmed which specific rugby league club(s) were the venue's primary tenant across its full 1913-2009 recorded span.
Ground facts
| Opened | Originally built for cricket; rugby league use recorded here from 1913 |
| Home club | A Group 10 Rugby League venue, preferred by Orange CYMS over the inferior Norton Park; more recently home to the Orange Hawks (Group 10) and, from 2014, NSW Country Eagles (National Rugby Championship, rugby union) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 18 |
| Top recorded crowd | 8,318 |
| Capacity | 8,000 (grass surface) |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Years used | 1913–2009 |
| Location | Orange, New South Wales |
Name history
- Wade Park — no renaming found
Rugby league history
A major regional Orange venue used across nearly a century, primarily for Group 10 (NSW Country) rugby league fixtures. Also hosted rugby union Springboks tour matches (1937, and a 1971 match marred by apartheid protests), Sheffield Shield cricket, an international T20 match, and A-League soccer (Central Coast Mariners, 2006-07).
Cricket (original purpose), greyhound racing (1930s-2005), rugby union and soccer.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 2009 — NSW Country Origin 26-26 NSW City Origin, City v Country, attendance over 8,000, this site's own recorded top crowd for the venue (8,318)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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