High School Old Boys RFC

High School Old Boys RFC
Union	Canterbury Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Old Boys (unofficial)
Founded	1900
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Ground(s)	Bob Deans Playing Fields, Hagley Park
President	Macca McLennan
Director of Rugby	Jamie "Livo" Livingstone
Captain(s)	Alex Newfield
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.oldboys.co.nz

High School Old Boys is a rugby union football club based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1900 by former students of Christchurch Boys' High School (CBHS). While many members are former CBHS students, High School Old Boys is an open club accepting both male and female players. The club is affiliated with the Canterbury Rugby Football Union.

History

Name

The official name of the club is the "Christchurch High School Old Boys RFC". This is generally shortened to "High School Old Boys" (H.S.O.B) and the club is commonly referred to simply as "Old Boys" or the "Polar Bears" due to their full white playing uniform and notoriously cold home fields.

Location

High School Old Boys clubrooms are located at 5 Ayr St, Riccarton, Christchurch, and the Bob Deans Playing Fields are in Hagley Park.

Colours

Old Boys colours are: White jersey, white shorts and black socks with blue tops

All Blacks coaches from HSOB

Graham Henry, former All Blacks coach
Steve Hansen, current All Blacks coach

Notable players

All Blacks

A number of New Zealand representatives, called All Blacks, have been selected for international duties while affiliated to the club. Before the advent of professionalism in 1996, international players would appear for their clubs regularly in New Zealand, but since the introduction of Super Rugby, most professional players play for their clubs only rarely.

Bob Deans
Harry Taylor
Cyril Evans
Bill Dalley
Jim Parker
Jack Harris
Sid Carleton
Frank Clark
George Mehrtens
Jack Rankin
Don Cobden
Doug Wilson
Pat Vincent
John Graham
John Morrissey
Tony Steel
Clive Currie
Richard Loe
Graeme Bachop
Andrew Mehrtens
Justin Marshall
Daryl Gibson
Reuben Thorne
Nathan Mauger
Aaron Mauger
Daniel Carter
Luke Romano
[Mitchell Drummond]
[George Bridge]

Super Rugby

CRUSADERS

Hurricanes

Reed Prinsep

Highlanders

Daniel Lienert-Brown

Canterbury

Craig Clarke

Japan

Philip O'Reilly

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External links

Old Boys Official Website

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