Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

Marist Rugby Football Club is an amateur

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club based in the

Southland Region Southland ( mi, Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region. It consists mainly of the southwestern portion of the South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura. It includes Southland District, Gore District and the city of Invercargill. The r ...

. Their senior team plays in the Southlandwide Premier Division for the Galbraith Shield. The club boasts one of the most loyal supporters groups in the region which can be credited to Peter D Grace, the founder of the Supporters Club. The current team captained by former New Zealand Under-20 representative Scott Eade features five current Southland representatives. The local patron of the rugby club is Nathan "Birdman" Burgess.

Club Honours

The Marist club has produced numerous Southland representatives and five All Blacks, the most recent being

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in the 1990s. Galbraith Shield Wins (7): 1940, 1948, 1957, 1979, 2001, 2017, 2018 Club All Blacks: *J.A McRae - 1946 *L.S Connolly - 1947 *W.A McCaw - 1951-54 * F.J Oliver 1976-77 * P.W Henderson 1989-93 New Zealand XV: *M.P Grace 1939-45 Junior All Blacks/New Zealand Under-20: *K.J McRae - 1967-68 *F.J Oliver - 1969 *S Eade - 2011-12 *T Raimona - 2012 *F Thomas - 2018 New Zealand Maori: * H MacDonald - 2004 New Zealand Under 17: *J Templar - 1991 New Zealand Marist: *I Sipa - 1998 *S Ripley - 1998

References

Southland Rugby Clubs Page *https://web.archive.org/web/20090214005442/http://rugbysouthland.co.nz/index.php?pageLoad=28&par=7 Rugby union teams in New Zealand Sports clubs and teams in Invercargill {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-team-stub