Southland Rugby

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Southland Stags
Full name	Rugby Southland
Nickname(s)	Stags
Founded	1887
Union	NZRU
Ground	Homestead Stadium
CEO	Roger Clark
Coach	Simon Culhane and David Henderson
Team colours

The Southland Rugby club plays as a province in the Air New Zealand Cup, also known as the Premier Division of the National Provincial Championship. Throughout its history, the team has been able to consistently compete against larger international teams, including France, Fiji and the British and Irish Lions.

Contents 1 Southland in Super Rugby 2 Notable players 3 Squad 4 Past Players 5 Current All Blacks 6 International Results 7 Player List 8 External links

[edit] Southland in Super Rugby

Players from Southland are also available for selection to the Highlanders Super 14 franchise.

[edit] Notable players

• Natal Fonseca
• Frank Oliver
• Leicester Rutledge
• Steven Pokere
• Simon Culhane
• Jeff Wilson (sportsman)
• Paul Henderson
• Brian McKechnie
• Jimmy Cowan
• Clarke Dermody
• Justin Marshall

[edit] Squad

Squad for the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup:

Kendrick Lynn Pehi Te Whare Jason Kawau Phil Dawson Willie Rickards Blair Stewart Adam Clarke Iona Sipa Dion Bates Hale T-Pole Hoani Macdonald

Kane Thompson Ben Coutts Jason Rutledge Jamie Mackintosh David Hall (rugby player) Jayden Murch Rees Logan Jeff Wright James Wilson Alesana Muliaina Watisoni Lotawa

[edit] Past Players

• Andrew Miller (rugby player)
• Paul Henderson
• Simon Culhane
• Eion Crossan

[edit] Current All Blacks

• Jimmy Cowan
• Clarke Dermody

[edit] International Results

(Countries in bold)

Year	Opponent	For	Against
1896	Queensland	23	3
1901	New South Wales	19	0
1908	Anglo Welsh	8	14
1913	Australia	13	8
1921	South Africa	0	12
1923	New South Wales	31	9
1928	New South Wales	31	26
1930	Great Britain	3	9
1931	Australia	14	8
1936	Australia	14	6
1937	South Africa	17	30
1946	Australia	8	6
1949	Australia	10	15
1950	British Lions	11	0
1951	Fiji	11	11
1952	Australia	24	9
1955	Australia	5	11
1956	South Africa	12	23
1957	Fiji	13	8
1958	Australia	26	8
1959	British Lions	6	11
1960	NSW Country	9	0
1961	France	6	14
1962	Australia	16	11
1965	South Africa	6	19
1966	British Lions	14	8
1968	France	6	8
1970	Fiji	6	9
1971	British Lions	3	25
1972	New Zealand	9	30
1974	All Japan	39	20
1975	Romania	9	12
1976	Ireland	3	18
1977	British Lions	12	20
1978	Australia	10	7
1979	France	12	11
1980	Fiji	21	22
1981	Queensland	12	39
1981	South Africa	6	22
1982	All Japan	16	16
1982	Australia	0	21
1983	British Lions	3	41
1985	England	9	15
1986	Australia	0	55
1989	Canada	25	19
1989	France	12	7
1990	Scotland	12	44
1993	British Lions	16	34
1994	South Africa	15	51
1996	Scotland	21	31
2005	British Lions	16	26

[edit] Player List

Name	Years
Blair Stewart	2005-06
Brian McKechnie	1979
Ash McGregor	1978-79
Ken Stewart	1978
Ian Donaldson	1978
Eion Crossan	1989

[edit] External links

• Official site

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