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

Toddy

@Bones Didn't know he played lock. Thought he was a loosie.

Bones

@Toddy played lock at school! Now you mention it I guess he mostly played blindside for Italy etc. He's definitely taller than 1.83m though....

mofitzy_

Disappointing no one has done Tauranga Boys College.

CBA but here is the list of ABs:

Daniel Braid - All Black
Mick Bremner - All Black
Peter Burke - All Black
Sam Cane - All Black
Adrian Cashmore - All Black
Stuart Conn - All Black
Wayne Graham - All Black
Nathan Harris - All Black
Jarrad Hoeata - All Black
Greg Kane - All Black
Tanerau Latimer - All Black
Greg Rowlands - All Black
Paul Simonsson - All Black
Owen Stephens - All Black and Wallaby; rugby union and rugby league
Royce Willis - All Black

Chuck Kane Williamson at 9 if necessary and gold medallists Burling and Drysdale if you really need to make up the numbers.

Bones

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

Disappointing no one has done Tauranga Boys College.

CBA but here is the list of ABs:

Love a man creating his own disappointment in himself.

That's an awful lot of "bubbling under" players there (apart from Sam Cane who spent the first half of his career bubbling under).

gt12

This is my best effort at a Te Awamutu College first XV; surprisingly strong for a little country town from the Waikato (I imagine that Forest View would be have an interesting team too, but fuck those guys):

Ray Dalton
Warren Gatland
Nathan White
Steve Gordon
Chris ‘Ox’ Gibbes
Jono Gibbes
Rob Gordon
Um
Um
Nicky Little
Sam Griffin
Um
Mathew Priscott
Wayne Barr
Bruce Reihana

Stargazer

@mofitzy_ That's not a 1st XV, that's just a list of ABs that went to TBC. C'mon, a bit more effort.

mofitzy_

@Stargazer

Peter Burke
Nathan Harris
Wayne Graham
Jarrad Hoeata
Royce Willis
Tanerau Latimer
Daniel Braid
Sam Cane
Owen Stephens
Kane Williamson
Paul Simonsson
Greg Kane
Peter Burling
Greg Rowlands
Adrian Cashmore

3 opensides and no props. Figured Kane was too quiet to play 9 and you know he'd be a master place kicker.

Bovidae

@gt12 said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

This is my best effort at a Te Awamutu College first XV; surprisingly strong for a little country town from the Waikato (I imagine that Forest View would be have an interesting team too, but fuck those guys):

Ray Dalton

Warren Gatland

Nathan White

Steve Gordon

Chris ‘Ox’ Gibbes

Jono Gibbes

Rob Gordon

Um

Um

Nicky Little

Sam Griffin

Um

Mathew Priscott

Wayne Barr

Bruce Reihana

Rob would be the no.8. You could put Carla Hohepa in the backline. No one has said this has to be a male only team.

shark

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

@Stargazer

Peter Burke

Nathan Harris

Wayne Graham

Jarrad Hoeata

Royce Willis

Tanerau Latimer

Daniel Braid

Sam Cane

Owen Stephens

Kane Williamson

Paul Simonsson

Greg Kane

Peter Burling

Greg Rowlands

Adrian Cashmore

3 opensides and no props. Figured Kane was too quiet to play 9 and you know he'd be a master place kicker.

Missed the point.

shark

@Canes4life said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

Wellington College - probably missed a few

Ken Gray / Reggie Goodes

Dane Coles / Leni Apisai

Neemia Tialata / Jeff Toomaga Allen

Nelson Asofa Solomona / Joe Latta

Naitoa Ah Kuoi

James Blackwell / Tupou Sopoaga

TJ Ioane

Filo Tiatia / Graham Mexted

Kemara Hauiti Parapara

Lima Sopoaga / Hayden Cripps

Ralph Caulton

Michael Hobbs

Marc Ellis

Wes Goosen

Jack Griffiths

Didn't NAS play 8?

shark

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

@Stargazer

Peter Burke

Nathan Harris

Wayne Graham

Jarrad Hoeata

Royce Willis

Tanerau Latimer

Daniel Braid

Sam Cane

Owen Stephens

Kane Williamson

Paul Simonsson

Greg Kane

Peter Burling

Greg Rowlands

Adrian Cashmore

3 opensides and no props. Figured Kane was too quiet to play 9 and you know he'd be a master place kicker.

I could make up a silly fantasy team myself and chuck Mark Keddell (comm games sprinter) on one wing, Matt Henry on the other and what the hell, why not have half of Parliament who went to SBC make up a super argumentative and niggly tight five

mariner4life

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

@mofitzy_ That's not a 1st XV, that's just a list of ABs that went to TBC. C'mon, a bit more effort.

That's all you're getting from someone who attended that shit school

Magpie_in_aus

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

Bovidae

@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

Based on the number of ABs, the other schools would include Sacred Heart, Christs, NPBHS and Southland BHS. Feilding has produced a lot of recent/current ABs.

And surprisingly, Timaru BH has 18 ABs.

Wesley College would have as good a backline as any school.

Bovidae

As above:

Wesley backline

9 Duggan
10 Donald
11 Lomu
12 Fekitoa
13 C Laulala
14 Sivivatu
15 Piutau

Bench: Pulu, Rollerson and Halai

Stargazer

@Magpie_in_aus

Francis Douglas MC

1 Shane Cleaver
2 Liam Coltman
3 Deacon Manu
4 Scott Barrett
5 Leon Power
6. Kane Barrett
7 Du'Plessis Kirifi
8 John Mitchell
9 Paul Williams (the referee, not sure he's good enough as a player, but he played club rugby)
10 Beauden Barrett
11 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens (added)
12 Teihorangi Walden
13 Conrad Smith
14
15 Jordie Barrett

Reserves:
16 Ricky Riccitelli
20 Scott Fuglistaller

Can someone add the wingers?

Bovidae

@Stargazer Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens is first year out of school but is part of the NZ Sevens squad. He could play on the wing.

Paul Mitchell must have went to FDMC too. A better hooker than Riccitelli.

mikedogz

Went to a small Area School so not a lot of well known rep players. John Spiers is Onewhero's only one

Counties Schools
1 Rod Ketels ( Pukekohe High School)
2 Andrew Roose ( Pukekohe High School)
3 John Spiers ( Onewhero District High School)
4 Mark Cooksley (Manurewa High School)
5 Jim Coe ( Waiuku College)
6 Koula Tukino (Wesley College)
7 Mike Brewer ( Pukekohe High School)
8 Kieran Read (Rosehill College)
9 Rhys Duggan (Wesley College)
10 Stephen Donald (Waiuku College/Wesley College)
11 Jonah Lomu ( Wesley College)
12 Casey Laulala (Wesley College)
13 Malakai Fekitoa (Wesley College)
14 Sitiveni Sivivatu (Wesley College)
15 Charles Piutau ( Wesley College)

16 Chris Nicholson (Tuakau College)
17 Karl Tu'inukuafe (Wesley College)
18 Nepo Laulala (Wesley College)
19 Deon Muir (St Stephens College)
20 Dallas Seymour (St Stephens College)
21 Augustine Pulu (Wesley College)
22 Doug Rollerson (Wesley College)
23 Lelia Masaga (James Cook High School)

Joe Warbrick (St Stephens College)
Bob Lendrum ( Papakura High School)
Paul McGahan ( Tuakau College)
Frank Halai (Wesley College)
Waisake Sotutu (Wesley College)
Shannon Paku (St Stephens College)
David Wood (Pukekohe High School)

Edit: Added a lock

Bovidae

@mikedogz You need a lock. Tukino?

After a quick look at the EONZR other ex Wesley players of note include Sotutu and Mapusua. Wiremu Maunsell and Shannon Paku were at St Stephens. Lindsay Raki (Manurewa) might be one to avoid.

Nepia

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

@mikedogz You need a lock. Tukino?

After a quick look at the EONZR other ex Wesley players of note include Sotutu and Mapusua. Wiremu Maunsell and Shannon Paku were at St Stephens. Lindsay Raki (Manurewa) might be one to avoid.

I thought he went to Hato Paora?

Also do we select them on their senior positions of their school positions? Should Jonah be a forward?

The Silver Fern

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