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

[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:

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=832

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.

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=656

[Magpie_in_aus]

@Stockcar86 said in Pick Your (or any) High Schools' All-Time Greatest XV:

@Stargazer

I’d have Karne Hesketh on the wing for Napier as a RWC try scorer for Japan against South Africa

And If they are playing in their high school positions, put Colin Bourke at fullback

Yeah Glen Horton would be my fullback he was amazing at high school. Karne was 2nd5 at 1st 15 level (openside prior to that) only moved wider once he got to Alhambra.

[mikey07]

I can do my high school but I have a grand total of like 6 players haha

[junior]

@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.

You've got to have Orene Ai'i in there somewhere - he was simply brilliant at KBHS

[African Monkey]

@junior He was Otahuhu College. Played with Ali Lauititi when they won it in the late 90s.