This is a photo of the first game of rugby in Invercargill.  The year is 1908 and Pirates played Invercargill (Blues).  It is not very good quality due to it being a copy of a copy of a copy....

Just a note for everyone to know that I started this website to give people information about the past and be able to read about old times.  I have had a lot of feedback and hope to get as much on as possible.  
I hope everyone is well out there and enjoying the unique and wonderful memories that we have.  It would be terrible to think what life would be like without these memories...no matter whether good or bad.  
Sometimes you wonder what life is about and what is the point of actually being here.  I do here people say that you can be proud to leave a legacy and think that in some small way you have helped the world to be a better place for generations to come.
Hope you are all well out there and please contact me if you want to leave a story.
​Cheers Karen.

August, Dave Clark, Bruce Sangster, Stephen Pulley, Lyall McKenzie, 
​Trev Popham, Casey Hughes, Dave Annan, Boo Puki, Tony Bennett.

Back Row  ??  Michelle Pulley, Suzanne Templer, Kaye August, Gill Clark, Glenda Puki, 

Seated:  Karen Popham, Dianne Bennett, Denise Sangster, Gaye McKenzie

Back Row - M. Turner, N. Affleck, P. Booth, P. Robb, G. McKenzie, P. Laidlaw, C. Ruthven

Middle Row - Mr W. Robertson (Selector-Coach), Mr R. J. Payne (President), B. Molloy, B. Eade, Kevin Burns, B. Watson, D. Hamlin, M. Collins, John Healey (Coach)

Front Row - M. Guyton, T. Palmer, D. Millar (Captain), Geoff Crosswell (Vice-Captain), A. Hammington, C McKenna.

Stephen Buchanan, Stephen Innes, Bruce Sangser, Tony Bennett, Boo Puki, Arthur Eade, Roger Black, Dave Clark, Geoff Crosswell, Owen Brown, Bruce Thomas, Mervyn Eade, Stephen Harper, Robin Williams.

Back Row - K.Gallagher, S. Lynch, W. Woodward, P. Devine, D. Lang, F. Gwynne, Geoff Crosswell

Middle Row - P. Fitzgibbon, M. Skryba, S. Neill, J. O'Connell, M. Shine, A. McLaughlan, A. McAlevey, S. Puiser

Front Row - K. Ovens (Club Captain), K. Pettit (Manager), J. Watson, M. Bruce, C. Evans (President), G. Lynch, T. Smith, J. Switalla (Coach), P. Collings (Assistant Coach),

Absent - E. Wilkinson, J. Bennett, R. Davies, K. Heslin, P. Costello, S. Grave, K. O'Neill.

Back Row:  Calder Gray, Herbie Brown, Gavin McPherson, Graham Marshall, Michael Broad, Tony Carmichael.

Middle Row:  I. Wilson (President), A. Wilson, David Foster, Gordon Duthie, Colin McDonald, Brian McDonald, Karl Hishon, J. McNaughton, Neil Winter (Manager)

Front Row:  W. Little, Bruce Winter, Trev Popham, Leicester Rutledge (Captain Coach), Alistair Whyte, Stuart McNaughton, Andrew Holden.

Absent:  W. Harawira.

During the early 1920's and with a high interest in rugby football, a group of young men formed the Waianiwa Rugby Football Club.  
W. King was the first president and A. Kennard was the first secretary.
Early members included:
C. Brown, J. Brown, D. Brown, L. Ronald, J. Ewart, P. Lindsay, W. Hamilton, O. Spiers, W. Adams, E. Galt, D. Galt, T. Cull, J. Marshall and W. Keith.