Rugby has been part of King’s High School since its inception in 1936. The King’s Lions' Rugby Club playing philosophy is to attack using speed and skill with or without the ball. This philosophy has been the catalyst for producing 13 All Blacks and numerous Otago players along with others who have represented other countries during the past 84 years.History
King’s has the biggest representation of All Blacks from any Otago Secondary School in the modern professional era. Over 70 Old Boys have represented Otago at first class level. Ray Bell became the school’s first All Black in 1951 and started a list of high-class players including John Hotop, Chris Laidlaw, Ian Smith, Laurie Mains, Lindsay Clark, Kupu Vanisi, Tony Brown, Carl Hayman, Paul Miller, Tom Wallis, Joe McDonnell and Ben Smith who would represent their country.
King’s Lions’ Rugby today
Currently there are eight teams playing rugby at King’s and over 200 students putting on the Cambridge Blue jersey every weekend. There is a team suitable for every player, regardless of his skill level or the level at which he wishes to play.
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Competitions
The 1st XV plays in the Otago Premier Schools 1st XV Competition and the other teams are entered into the appropriate Otago Secondary School Rugby grades. Rugby teams participate in the traditional interschools right down to the Under 14’s. Traditional interschools are against Otago Boys’ High School, Waitaki Boys’ High School, Shirley Boys’ High School and Southland Boys’ High School.
Each year we have visiting teams that wish to play us and in the past these have been from Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan. This is a great opportunity for the boys to meet players from other cultures.
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Click here for more information on our Year 9 and 10 Rugby - Sports Performance Programme
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