When CHBS is strong the All Blacks are strong.....

[Bovidae]

@Nepia Yeah, a little confusing on my part.

Maybe Randell, Dagg and Timu were good Presbyterians.

[rotated]

Was Owen Franks recruited to CBHS then? I didn't realise Ben went elsewhere.

[African Monkey]

@rotated Yup good Aranui boys. They breed 'em tough out in the East

[Magpie_in_aus]

Pre poached.... LFC is a factory. Cooked meals are what fuel footy players. Easy decision for any aspiring rugby player looking to take their game to the big stage.

HBHS is just a gym you wear a scruffie uniform to and play rugby here and there.

@Nepia said in When CHBS is strong the All Blacks are strong.....:

@Stargazer said in When CHBS is strong the All Blacks are strong.....:

@Hooroo I'd like to know how many players were poached from other schools' 1st XVs, and which these other schools were.

Well at least two of those Lindersfarne two were pre-poached with rugby scholarships ... otherwise Hastings Boys would have had 3.

[Nevorian]

Thanks to the Barrett Bros, Francis Douglas Memorial College becomes one of the top All Black producing schools

[voodoo]

@Nevorian said in When CHBS is strong the All Blacks are strong.....:

Thanks to the Barrett Bros, Francis Douglas Memorial College becomes one of the top All Black producing schools

FungDung going strong!

[Jonty lean]

@Magpie_in_aus hasting boys will be the future

[Rapido]

Interesting that the 1995 squad had two players from two different Invercargill schoolboys but neither were from Southland BHS.

I think the first time I ever heard of Jeff Wilson was when he featured on TV news when he scored something like 70 or 80 points when Cargill High School thrashed some rural Southland college. Or maybe it was when I read a newspaper article about how he lost 6 or 7 cricket balls when batting in the national provincial Under 19 tournament at Victoria Park, Wanganui (from this match I think: https://archive.nzc.nz/Scorecards/143/143072.html )

Now Cargill High School doesn't exist anymore.

Aurora College, Invercargill - Wikipedia

Where does that successor school (Aurora) rate in Highlanders schoolboy rugby?

[Stargazer]

@Hooroo said in When CHBS is strong the All Blacks are strong.....:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/115653455/from-kamo-to-invercargill-where-rugby-world-cup-all-blacks-went-to-school

Apparently, the journo's research skills aren't very good. George Bridge is Lindisfarne's 6th All Black, not 4th. Voerman forgot Mick Duncan (1971) and Campbell Johnstone (2005).

[Rapido]

@Stargazer said in When CHBS is strong the All Blacks are strong.....:

@Hooroo said in When CHBS is strong the All Blacks are strong.....:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/115653455/from-kamo-to-invercargill-where-rugby-world-cup-all-blacks-went-to-school

Apparently, the journo's research skills aren't very good. George Bridge is Lindisfarne's 6th All Black, not 4th. Voerman forgot Mick Duncan (1971) and Campbell Johnstone (2005).

They're just collating from the 9 NZ RWC squads.

[Rapido]

Along with Cargill and Kingswell in Invercargill, Parkway College, Tana's school, doesn't exist anymore either.

[Stargazer]

@Rapido Ah, okay, my bad.