New Zealand - Rugby
- New Plymouth Boys High School
- 8th Grade Gold Rugby
- 1979
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New Plymouth Boys High School
- Established 1882
- The school currently caters for approximately 1300 students, including 210 boarders
- Huia Ropū (formerly called Groups) is a class attended by all students on Tuesdays and Wednesdays before first period (between 8:35am and 9:00am). In the class, students learn about a variety of topics, including time management, mindfulness, anti-bullying, goal setting and career path planning, among others
- New Plymouth Boys' High also had their own radio station named "Gully FM" (however this is discontinued), as the school's "Gully Grounds" (the terrace-style rugby field of Boys' High) are a major part of New Plymouth Boys' High
- New Plymouth Boys' High School and New Plymouth Girls' High School are the only New Zealand schools to take part in the Foundation for International Space Education's United Space School
Rugby
- Rugby union, known almost universally in New Zealand as just "rugby", was introduced to the nation by Charles Monro in 1870
- The first recorded game in New Zealand took place in May 1870 in the city of Nelson, between the Nelson rugby club and Nelson College
- The first provincial union, the Canterbury Rugby Football Union, was formed in 1879
- New Zealand's first internationals were played in 1882 when the "Waratahs" from New South Wales toured the country
- In 1892, following the canvassing of provincial administrators by Ernest Hoben, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) was formed by the majority of New Zealand's provincial unions, but did not include Canterbury, Otago or Southland
- A representative New Zealand team first toured the British Isles in 1905. The side is now known as the "Originals", as the "All Blacks" name emerged during this tour when, according to team member Billy Wallace, a London newspaper reported that the New Zealanders played as if they were "all backs"