Laurie Agnew, 10 years old correctly picks 1970 Southland team

Laurie Agnew, a 10 year old student from Waihopai School, won the "pick the Southland Rugby team competition".His team will play a Southland XV team and his winning gives  him free entry to all Southland games for the season.  Mr Alistair Tait, the current coach and Mr Ray Harper a member of the Southland Rugby Union management checked all the 300 entries and Laurie's was the only correct entry.  
Only one vote kept Stuart Dermody, the rangy Southern  loose forward out of the flanker's position, and Trevor Keelty ran Lin Booth close at centre.
Laurie's entry number 66, and the person with number 64 had only one name wrong and that was Keelty for Billy Steel on one wing.
Laurie plays for the Old Boy's 11th grade and his father played prop for Old Boys in the 1950s, and said he was hoping that he would be the one to share his sons's tickets.
His father said his son is always at Rugby Park and knows all the players, but did get a little help from his parents.
Laurie's winning team was:
Fullback - Doug Nicol
Three Quarters - Billy Steel, Linn Booth, Dave Clayton
Five Eights - Bob Burgess, Don Thompson
Half Back - Alan Blackler
No 8 - George Lawrence
Middle Row - Frank Oliver, Kevin Stevins, Gerald Dermody, Brian Warren
Front Row - Nelson Gutsell, Ken McRae, Brian Beardsley.

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