Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV

[sparky]

@shark said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

@shark OK. Its up now.

CC forwards:

8
7 J Hobbs
6
5 S Maling
4 J Ryan
3
2
1 J Moody

Can they include Reuban Thorne at 6 who currently works at Christ's and coaches the First XV.

[KiwiMurph]

@Magpie_in_aus said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

Who else would have had good squads

Rotoruabhs
Welling coll
St kents?
Mags
obhs 2xv (behind team McCaw)
Nelson college
Palmy boys
Te sure?
Kings

I'll have a crack at a St Kents 23

1 S Mafileo
2 J Christian
3 J Afoa
4 S Scrafton
5 P Parkinson
6 J Kaino
7 B Gibson
8 D Papalii
9 S Nock
10 T Lavea
11 J Rokocoko
12 TJ Faiane
13 S Tamanivalu (edit)
14 B Ennor
15 M Duffie

Reserves

16 M Morrison
17 J Afoa (James)
18 J Firth
19 J Edwards (Kaino covering lock?)
20 S Surridge
21 F Christie
22 R Reihana
23 T Tuipulotu

[Bovidae]

@sparky said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

@shark said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

@shark OK. Its up now.

CC forwards:

8
7 J Hobbs
6
5 S Maling
4 J Ryan
3
2
1 J Moody

Can they include Reuban Thorne at 6 who currently works at Christ's and coaches the First XV.

He went to New Plymouth BHS, so no.

[Bovidae]

@KiwiMurph said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

I'll have a crack at a St Kents 23

Tamanivalu went there too, and it looks like Luatua was poached from MAGS.

[pakman]

@KiwiMurph said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

@Magpie_in_aus said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

Who else would have had good squads

Rotoruabhs
Welling coll
St kents?
Mags
obhs 2xv (behind team McCaw)
Nelson college
Palmy boys
Te sure?
Kings

I'll have a crack at a St Kents 23

1 S Mafileo
2 J Christian
3 J Afoa
4 S Scrafton
5 P Parkinson
6 J Kaino
7 B Gibson
8 D Papalii
9 S Nock
10 T Lavea
11 J Rokocoko
12 TJ Faiane
13 S Tamanivalu (edit)
14 B Ennor
15 M Duffie

Reserves

16 M Morrison
17 J Afoa (James)
18 J Firth
19 J Edwards (Kaino covering lock?)
20 S Surridge
21 F Christie
22 R Reihana
23 T Tuipulotu

Kieran Read had a brief spell there.

[African Monkey]

@Bovidae He was always a MAGS boy.

[Bovidae]

@African-Monkey St Kents have some influence then!

[African Monkey]

@Bovidae Yeah don't know where that came from haha. I remember the semi final in 2009 which was his last year at school when MAGS played St Peter's where he was up against Pat Tuipulotu at lineout time.

[shark]

Anyone done NPBHS? Can anyone? And I think Southland BHS could be interesting.

[shark]

"Southland Boys’ has always had a proud tradition in sport and is a strong rugby school, naming 22 All Blacks amongst its Old Boys and being the school that has produced the most All Black rugby captains."

[Dice]

Kelston Boys:

15 Mils Muliaina
14 Lolagi Visinia/David Fusitua
13 Anthony Tuitavake
12 Sam Tuitupou
11 Va'aiga Tuigamala
10 Loki Crichton
9 Jason Hewett/Kevin Senio
8 Sione Lauaki
7 Apollo Perelini
6 Mose Tuiali'i
5 Scott Scrafton
4 Nathan Hughes/Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
3 Kees Meeuws
2 Trevor Leota
1 Paea Fa'anunu

Some heavy hitters in this team.

[shark]

OK I've found the SBHS list of ABs. It doesn't list them by position and there's a lot of the 21 I've not heard of (15 of the 21 played before 1965 and none of them are famous All Blacks) so here are the contemporary ones:

15 M Muliaina
14
11
13 S Pokere
12
10 B McKechnie
9
8
7 P Henderson
6
5
4
3 C Dermody
2 C Flynn
1 J Mackintosh

[Bovidae]

@Dice Bates and Lose as well.

I remember watching Inga terrorise our right winger in a 1st XV game.

[Bovidae]

@shark Mils also went to SBHS didn't he?

[shark]

Kings HS

15 L Mains
14 B Smith
11
13
12
10 T Brown
9 C Laidlaw
8 P Miller
7 K Vanisi
6
5
4
3 C Hayman
2 T Willis
1 J McDonnell

I'm sure if someone can fill in the gaps (ummmm, Smudge??) this could be a very handy side.

[shark]

@Bovidae said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

@shark Mils also went to SBHS didn't he?

Good call. Cargill HS, SBHS and then Kelston

[Nepia]

@shark Surely you're heard of Billy Stead (one of the greatest of the Originals)? Should be 1st 5 but you can slip him into 2nd 5 if you want to keep McKechnie there.

[sparky]

@Dice said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

Kelston Boys:

15 Mils Muliaina
14 Lolagi Visinia/David Fusitua
13 Anthony Tuitavake
12 Sam Tuitupou
11 Va'aiga Tuigamala
10 Loki Crichton
9 Jason Hewett/Kevin Senio
8 Sione Lauaki
7 Apollo Perelini
6 Mose Tuiali'i
5 Scott Scrafton
4 Nathan Hughes/Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
3 Kees Meeuws
2 Trevor Leota
1 Paea Fa'anunu

Some heavy hitters in this team.

Graham Henry was both First XV coach and Headmaster at Kelston in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

[shark]

@Nepia Yeah, but didn't pick that from his full name and only 7 tests!

[Nepia]

@shark said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

@Nepia Yeah, but didn't pick that from his full name and only 7 tests!

7 tests back then is the equivalent of 60 odd these days.