Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV
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@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?
KingsI'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 DuffieReserves
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 TuipulotuKieran Read had a brief spell there.
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@African-Monkey St Kents have some influence then!
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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'anunuSome heavy hitters in this team.
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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
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@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'anunuSome heavy hitters in this team.
Graham Henry was both First XV coach and Headmaster at Kelston in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
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@Nepia 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:
@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.
John William Stead, author of the Complete Rugby Footballer, which was the textbook for understanding the game in the early 20th century. In his lifetime few players were held in such esteem:
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@Stargazer said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:
@Stockcar86 Excellent. Hesketh gets the 14 jersey; I've moved Sullivan to the bench. I've left Bourke where he is (6). Still need another lock ...
I've just been thinking. Glen Horton ahead of Makene at fullback?
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@shark said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:
(15 of the 21 played before 1965 and none of them are famous All Blacks)Stead must rank as one of the Great All Blacks:
Two loses to Wellington province, but he won every game he played in the Black jeaey against overseas opposition.