the 1930s and 1940s, instead they were made up mostly of locally grown talent educated at Southland Boys' High School such as captain Jamie Mackintosh, centurions Jason Rutledge, David Hall, Josh Bekhuis and Tim Boys, and future Scotland international John Hardie. Name change In 1998 the Southland Rugby Football Union Incorporated changed its name to Rugby Southland Incorporated Club rugby When Robert Galbraith stepped down as the Southland Rugby Football Union secretary the union handed him a donation which the long-serving Southland rugby administrator promptly spent on a shield he donated back to the union as a prize for Invercargill's top club rugby competition. The Galbraith Shield has been the prize for Southland's premier club rugby competition since 1908. There are six teams currently in Southland's premier competition; Marist, Blues, Pirates-Old Boys, Star, Woodlands and the Eastern Northern Barbarians whose players come from the clubs in the Eastern/Northern sub union. Current Senior Clubs: Albion Excelsior Balfour/Lumsden Bluff Central Pirates Collegiate Drummond Limehills Star (DLS) Eastern Northern Barbarians Edendale Invercargill (Blues) Marist Mataura Midlands Mossburn Ohai-Nightcaps Otautau Pioneer Pirates-Old Boys Pukerau Riversdale Riverton Star Te Anau Tokanui Waiau Star Waikaia Waikaka White Star Waikiwi Wakatipu Wanderers 1 Woodlands Wrights Bush 2 Wyndham 1 Wakatipu play in the Otago Country competition, however due to lack of suitable competition their B team play in the Southlandwide competition as the Wakatipu Wanderers. Wakatipu High School also compete in Southland competition as it involves less travel than the corresponding Otago competition. 2 Wrights Bush do not currently have their own senior team, instead playing as Bush Pirates in a combined venture with Central Pirates. Galbraith Shield Champions The Galbraith Shield is the Southland club rugby premiership competition. For most of the shield's history only town (Invercargill) clubs have contested it, until 1990 when town and country clubs came together for a Southland-wide competition. High Schools Rugby Aurora College Central Southland College Gore High School James Hargest College Menzies College Northern Southland College Southland Boys' High School Southland Girls' High School St Peter's College, Gore Te Wharekura o Arowhenua Verdon College Wakatipu High School Bunnings NPC Southland in Super Rugby Southland are one of three home unions to make up the Highlanders Super Rugby team, the other two unions being Otago and North Otago. There is currently an agreement in place for the Highlanders to play one regular season game per year at Rugby Park Stadium.