Honours Board

Coast players and leaders who went on to represent their island and their country.

Our eight All Blacks

Each was selected while playing club rugby on the Coast. Jack Steel and Ron King also captained the All Blacks.

Harry Atkinson

Kohinoor (Greymouth)

Years
1913
Matches
10
Tests
1
Points
3
Sam Bligh

Blackball-Roa

Years
1910
Matches
5
Tests
–
Points
–
Harry Butland

Hokitika

Years
1893-94
Matches
9
Tests
–
Points
6
Jack Corbett

Reefton

Years
1905
Matches
16
Tests
–
Points
–
Frank Freitas

Excelsior (Hokitika)

Years
1928
Matches
4
Tests
–
Points
3
Mike Gilbert

United (Greymouth)

Years
1935-36
Matches
27
Tests
4
Points
125
All Black captain
Ron King

Excelsior (Hokitika)

Years
1934-38
Matches
42
Tests
13
Points
21
All Black captain
Jack Steel

Star (Greymouth)

Years
1920-25
Matches
38
Tests
6
Points
114 (35 tries)

England international

Alan Adams

Capped by England in 1910 while with London Hospital, Alan Adams went on to serve as an All Black selector, President of the New Zealand union and one of its life members.

Leaders of the national game

Presidents of the NZRFU

  • Alan Adams1929
  • Ron Messenger1976
  • Mick Pittaway1986
  • John Sturgeon2009/10 (Vice President 2007/08)

Life members of the NZRFU

  • Alan Adams1945
  • John Sturgeon2013

Management committee and council members, NZRFU

  • Alan Adams1937-43
  • John Card1894
  • Bill Perry1909 and 1914-15
  • John Sturgeon1987-96

All Black selectors

  • Alan Adams1927-28 and 1934-37 inclusive
  • Ron King1957-60 inclusive

Test match referee

  • Arthur Fong1946, 1950
  • President, NZ Referees’ Association1954

New Zealand representatives

Junior All Blacks

  • Gavin Cook1975
  • Bernie Stewart1972
  • Jon Sullivan1977

New Zealand Maori

  • Jim Bannister1922-23
  • Tom Rogers1964
  • Tom Tainui1911

A New Zealand XV

  • Reg Birchfield1944
  • Ron King1937

The Rest of New Zealand

  • Mike Gilbert1937
  • Francis Gugich1954
  • Malcolm Scandrett1937

New Zealand Colts

  • Gavin Cook1974 (NZ under-21)
  • Alan McEnaney1955
  • John McGurk1981

New Zealand Universities

  • Alan Adams1908

NZ Heartland XV (formerly NZ Divisional XV)

  • Andrew Gadsby2008
  • Corey Simpson2008
  • Lasa Ulukuta2008
  • Josh Cornish2009
  • James Ferguson2009/10
  • Alan Monk2013
  • Troy Tauwhare2013, 2018, 2019
  • Tim Priest2013

All Black trialists

Listed from 1946 to 1991 only.

  • Ray Alexander1959
  • Bill Amberger1948
  • Ray Breeze1951, 1953
  • Ken Brown1953
  • Gavin Cook1975
  • Ron Eastgate1948, 1953
  • John Eathorne1959
  • Tom Egerton1957-58
  • Bill Flavell1959
  • Keven Foster1956
  • Graeme Fyall1959
  • Ron Gardiner1959
  • Joe Gillan1951
  • Francis Gugich1953, 1957
  • Keith Hibbs1953
  • Frank Jack1971
  • Alan Lindbom1953, 1958
  • Jim Lindbom1948
  • Neil McAra1962
  • Pat McGill1967
  • Peter McPherson1959
  • George Nelson1951, 1953
  • Tom Roberts1953
  • John Robinson1953
  • Tom Rogers1961
  • Barney Ross1959
  • Murray Surgenor1959-60
  • Eric Walker1947-48, 1953

South Island

  • Alan Adams1906
  • Peter Anderson1910
  • Harry Atkinson1913
  • Arthur Benjamin1897
  • Reg Birchfield1943-44
  • Sam Bligh1909
  • Ray Breeze1951-52
  • Walter Church1912
  • Jack Corbett1904-06
  • George Dansey1905
  • Arthur Fong1933
  • Frank Freitas1928-29
  • Mike Gilbert1936
  • Joe Gillan1950-51
  • Francis Gugich1954
  • Arthur Hall1920
  • Ted Irving1911
  • Ron King1934, 1936-39
  • Tom Learmont1904-05
  • Alan Lindbom1952
  • Neil McAra1962
  • Bill Mann1935-36
  • Pat McHugh1944
  • Tom McIntosh1913
  • Jack Pegley1945
  • Jim Richards1912
  • Leo Roberts1938
  • Jack Russell1921
  • Reg Scandrett1933
  • Walter Sotheran1909
  • Jack Steel1919-25 inclusive
  • Frank Wade1907
  • Eric Walker1948, 1953

A South Island XV

  • Mike Gilbert1934
  • Ron King1934

South Island B

  • Francis Gugich1953

South Island Minor Unions

  • Arthur Cooper1939
  • Frank Freitas1928
  • Bob Innes1939
  • Ron King1939
  • Jim Lindbom1952
  • Jim McCleary1928
  • George Nelson1952
  • Albert Vaughan1939
  • Eric Walker1952

South Island Colts

  • Tom Egerton1955
  • Alan Lindbom1951
  • Alan McEnaney1955

Compiled by Robert Messenger, covering 1893 to 2015. The list does not include West Coast-born players who won representative honours after leaving the West Coast. Know of an honour we have missed? Let us know.