This Ashburton Old Boys Football Club rugby jersey dates from around 1928. That year the club won the Watters Cup, which remains the symbol of regional club supremacy. The jersey’s owner, Walter Rapley, also represented Ashburton County.
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23 October 2011
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11 November 1978
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14 May 1870
First game of rugby played in NZ
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10 April 1973
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28 April 1888
First British rugby team to play in NZ
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7 September 1921
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16 September 1905
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3 October 1888
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20 June 1987
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25 July 1981
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29 July 1981
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9 August 1930
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16 December 1905
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16 April 1892
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10 May 1960
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22 May 1884
First NZ Rugby team in action
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3 June 1936
Colin 'Pinetree' Meads born
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