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

[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.

[sparky]

@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:

[Stockcar86]

@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?

[sparky]

@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:

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Two loses to Wellington province, but he won every game he played in the Black jeaey against overseas opposition.

[Bovidae]

@sparky Like Stead, I suggested Mark Nicholls for the Wellington College team.

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