Barry Belesky selected for Southland Colts in 1976......

The Southland sub-unions U23 team in 1976 was......

Keiren Fahey, Rex Duncan, R. Baird (Southern)
Thomas McNamee, C. Hall, M. Galland, R. King, G. Hamilton, (Northern)
I. Dallas, K. Edgerton, W. Dallas (Western),
M. Walker, Terry Boyle, C. McDonald, K.Finn, C. Stuart (Central),
L. Proctor, A. Milne, M. Robertson, M. Howe, N. Bulling, M. Voss (Eastern).

They were to play the Southland Colts who were named as:

P. Allen (Northern), A. White, Dave McHugh (Central), K. Moseby, Doug Murcott (Eastern), Lex Chisholm (Southern), Alan Frew, P. Young (Western), P, Soper, W. Cournane (Waikiwi), Phillip Stephenson, B. Lindsay, C. Millar, R. Hoffman (Invercargill), W. Stewart, M. Black (Old Boys), Barry Belesky (Pirates), Graeme Anderson, Rodney Forbes, S. Fleming, C. Hannon (Star).

Reference:  U 23's To Play Colts.  The Southland Times.. July 1976.