High School Old Boys is a Rugby Union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 Football club based in Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1900 by former students of Christchurch Boys' High School

Christchurch Boys' High School

Christchurch Boys' High School is a single sex state secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated on a 12 hectare site between the suburbs of Riccarton and Fendalton, 4 kilometres to the west of central Christchurch. The school also provides boarding facilities for 130 boys, in a...

. Whilst many current members are former CBHS students, Old Boys is an open club accepting both male and female players of all abilities. The club is fully affiliated with the Canterbury Rugby Football Union

Canterbury Rugby Football Union

The Canterbury Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in a substantial part of the Canterbury region, in the middle of the South Island of New Zealand...

 (C.R.F.U). The rugby season falls across New Zealand's winter months, usually starting in early April and finishing mid August

Name

The official name of the club is the "Christchurch High School Old Boys RFC". This is generally shortened to "High School Old Boys" (H.S.O.B) and the club is commonly referred to simply as "Old Boys"

Location

High School Old Boys clubrooms are located at 5 Ayr St, Riccarton

Riccarton, New Zealand

Riccarton is a suburb of Christchurch. It is due west of the city centre, separated from it by Hagley Park. Upper Riccarton is to the west of Riccarton.-History:...

, Christchurch, 1 block north of the Deans Ave/Riccarton Rd roundabout.

The Bob Deans Playing Fields are located in North Hagley Park

Hagley Park

Hagley Park is the largest urban open space in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was created in 1855 by the Provincial Government. According to the government's decree at that time, Hagley Park is "reserved forever as a public park, and shall be open for the recreation and enjoyment of the public."...

, directly opposite the intersection of Ayr St and Deans Ave.

All Blacks coaches from HSOB

• Graham Henry
  Graham Henry
  Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...
  
  , current All Blacks coach
• Steve Hansen
  Steve Hansen
  Steve Hansen is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player.He was the head coach of the Welsh national team. He became the ninth Welsh coach in 13 years, after Graham Henry parted company with the Welsh Rugby Union in 2002. During his first game in charge, Wales performed well but lost by...
  
  , current All Blacks forwards coach

All Blacks

• Bob Deans
  Bob Deans
  Bob Deans was a former All Black and Canterbury rugby union player....
  
  
• Harry Taylor
• Cyril Evans
• Bill Dalley
• Jim Parker
• Jack Harris
• Sid Carleton
• Frank Clark
• George Mehrtens
• Jack Rankin
• Don Cobden
• Doug Wilson
• Pat Vincent
  Pat Vincent
  Patrick Bernard Vincent He was an All Black in 1956 where he played two tests and captaining both of them against the Springboks. He also played for Canterbury in the Ranfurly Shield from 1953 to 1956. He was born in Whataroa and died in Pittsburgh.-External links:...
  
  
• John Graham
  John Graham (All Black)
  Sir David John Graham, KNZM, CBE, ED previous president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and a former All Black loose forward he played 22 Tests between 1958 and 1964, including 3 as captain...
  
  
• John Morrissey
• Tony Steel
  Tony Steel
  Anthony Gordon Steel is a former New Zealand rugby union player, politician and educator.-Early years:He was born in Greymouth, and played rugby first for his school, Christchurch Boys' High School, and then for Canterbury before finally playing for the All Blacks between 1966 and 1968...
  
  
• Clive Currie
• Richard Loe
  Richard Loe
  Richard Wyllie Loe was a renowned All Black prop forward, with a reputation for thuggery on the pitch - often referred to as 'The Enforcer' by his team mates...
  
  
• Graeme Bachop
  Graeme Bachop
  Graeme Bachop is a former rugby player from New Zealand of Samoan,Tahitian and Cook Islands Heritage.He played for the Linwood Rugby club for ten years followed by four years at Christchurch High School Old Boys. His move to HSOB allowed him to develop a combination with first five-eighths Andrew...
  
  
• Andrew Mehrtens
  Andrew Mehrtens
  Andrew Philip Mehrtens MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, currently playing in France for Béziers, a club in the third-level Fédérale 1 league...
  
  
• Justin Marshall
  Justin Marshall
  Justin Warren Marshall, MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was born in Mataura and educated in Gore before settling in Christchurch. Marshall played 81 games for the New Zealand All Blacks between 1995 and 2005...
  
  
• Daryl Gibson
  Daryl Gibson
  Daryl Peter Earl Gibson is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played inside centre for Canterbury Crusaders in the southern hemisphere and Bristol Shoguns, Leicester Tigers and Glasgow Warriors in the northern hemisphere...
  
  
• Reuben Thorne
  Reuben Thorne
  Reuben David Thorne is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks.-Super 12:...
  
  
• Nathan Mauger
  Nathan Mauger
  Nathan Keith Mauger is a rugby union player. He spent the entirety of his Super Rugby career with the Canterbury Crusaders. He played for the All Blacks in 2002 in which he played 2 games but never played a test. He made his debut against Ireland A and played his latest game against Scotland A....
  
  
• Aaron Mauger
  Aaron Mauger
  Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger is a former rugby union player who played at centre for Leicester Tigers. He previously played first five-eighths and second five-eighths for Canterbury , the Crusaders and the New Zealand All Blacks...
  
  
• Daniel Carter

See also

• List of footballers (Rugby Union)
• List of footballers (Rugby Union) by country