Rugby Southland is the provincial rugby union who govern the Southland region of New Zealand. Their headquarters are at Rugby Park Stadium in Invercargill, which is also the home ground of the union's professional team, the Southland Stags who compete in the Mitre 10 Cup Championship Division and challenge for the Ranfurly Shield.
George Ritchie Dickinson was a New Zealand cricketer and rugby union player. He played three tests for the New Zealand cricket team between 1930 and 1932, and five matches for the New Zealand national rugby side, the All Blacks, in 1922.
William "Massa" Johnston was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league international. He was part of the 1905 Original All Blacks tour and the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.
Ernest Edward Booth was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback and three-quarter, Booth represented Otago at a provincial level between 1896 and 1907, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1905 to 1907. He played 24 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals, and was a member of the Original All Blacks on their 1905–06 tour of the British Isles, France and North America.
The South Canterbury Rugby Football Union (SCRFU) is a rugby province based in the central South Island city of Timaru, New Zealand. The South Canterbury team play at Fraser Park located in Timaru.
Kenneth Frank McNeill Uttley was a New Zealand cricketer and pathologist.
Timaru Boys' High School, established in 1880, is a single sex state (public) secondary school located in the port city of Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand. TBHS caters for years 9 to 13.
Waitaki Boys' High School is a secondary school for boys located in the northern part of the town of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, with day and boarding facilities, and was founded in 1883. As of 2020, it has a school roll of approximately 400 students.
Kelly Brazier is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She has played flyhalf, centre and fullback for the Black Ferns, New Zealand's women's national rugby team, and has competed at three Rugby World Cups in 2010, 2014, and 2017. She has represented Otago, Canterbury and the Bay of Plenty in the Farah Palmer Cup.
Daniel Henry Verner Du Vall was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand, and Hawke's Bay, as a centre.
Aki Seiuli is a New Zealand born rugby union player of Samoan heritage who currently plays as a prop for Dragons and the Samoan national side. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors; and the New Zealand sides Otago - in domestic Mitre 10 Cup - and the Highlanders - in the international Super Rugby competition.
Charles Nicholson Macintosh was a New Zealand rugby union player and politician. He served as Mayor of Timaru between 1901 and 1902.
Gordon Pirie Lawson was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Timaru Main School and then Timaru Boys' High School. A first five-eighth, Lawson representedSouth Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1925 tour of New South Wales. He played just two matches on that tour, and did not appear in any test matches for the All Blacks.
Edward Barrie Stewart was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Tokomairiro District High School and then John McGlashan College where he was a member of the 1st XV between 1919 and 1921. A Wing three-quarter, Stewart represented Otago andSouthland at a provincial level. He played one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in the final match against the touring New South Wales team in 1923, scoring two tries in the 38–11 win. Stewart did not appear in any internationals.
John Wood Goddard was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Goddard represented South Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1949 tour of South Africa. He played eight matches for the All Blacks on that tour but, as the number two fullback behind Bob Scott, he did not appear in any of the Test matches.
Clifford Simpson was a New Zealand middle-distance athlete who represented his country at the 1950 British Empire Games. He also played representative rugby union for South Otago.
Desmond Oswald Oliver was a New Zealand rugby union player and nephrologist.
Jorja Miller is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, and is a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team. Miller was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team that won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Donald William Clark is a New Zealand former rugby union international.
Sekonaia Pole is a New Zealand professional rugby union player.
