School Boy rugby representatives - Southland - 1983....

Age group rugby was held in Invercargill in 1983 with the South Island under 16 tournament and the inaugural primary and intermediate schoolboys tournament.  Following the final the South Island Under 16 team would be named.

The Southland A team was: Steven Nally, Derek Nind, Boris Ngatai, Graham Laidlaw, Bruce Morton, Michael Broughton, Dean Hunt, Denis O'Neill, Simon Culhane, Geoff Scully, Dean Heydon, Michael Davis, Teri Lamatoa, Jason Lawton, Bevin Ryan, Murray Napier, Grant Anderson, Lyndon Dynes, Chirs Vergeer.
The Southland B team was: Grant Irwin, Morrel Lake, Dave Addie, Grant Cronin, Wayne Miller, Ewan Bennie, Geoff Mollett, Tim O'Brien, Eoin Crossan, Daryl Will, Barry Sommerville, David Bragg, Dallas Adcock, Nathan Imlach, Mark Swale, Peter Sinclair, Blair McLellan, Ricky Harris, Glen Deans.
Pool Players were:  Phillip Morrison (Eastern), Nigel Richards, Paul Brady, Dean Kelly, Alan Standish, Peter Tither(Northern), Nigel Popham, Malcolm Crofts (JHHS), Jeremy Winders, Martin O'Connell (Verdon), Shaun Taane, Gerald Spain (SBHS) Martin Powley, Peter Edwards, Ian Clarke (Eastern), Carl Brown (Cargill).
Southland B team was coached by Dave Robertson and Jeff Graham while the other team was coached by George Hall and Rex Boniface.
The Senior A team was coached by Phil Pickup and Owen Heads with the junior A team was coached by Brian Thompson and Leon Monaghan.

Reference:  Busy Week Ahead For Age Group Rugby; The Southland Times August 1983

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