Mackintosh - Woodlands (123 games*) David Hall - Pirates-Old Boys (108 games) Josh Bekhuis - Star (115 games) Tim Boys - Midlands (120 games) * denotes player has not yet retired All Blacks There have been 58 players selected for the All Blacks whilst playing their club rugby in Southland. The first being Nisbet McRobie in 1896 and the most recent being Ethan de Groot in 2021. N McRobie CA Purdue JW Stead GF Burgess E Purdue E Hughes DC Hamilton AJ Ridland J McNeece WG Lindsay DL Baird A White JR Bell JA Archer WE Hazlett GT Alley JH Geddes J Howden TC Metcalfe GB Purdue NA Mitchell RH Ward VL George JA McRae TA Budd LS Connolly TRD Webster WA McCaw CE Robinson AL Wilson AJ Soper JR Watt DL Ashby KF Laidlaw EJ Hazlett KW Stewart RJ Barber FJ Oliver BJ McKechnie LM Rutledge AA McGregor GT Valli ST Pokere PW Henderson NJ Hewitt SD Culhane QJ Cowan C Dermody JL Mackintosh LZ Sopoaga EC Dixon E de Groot Other notable players Edward J Kavanagh Adedayo Adebayo Pita Alatini Seremaia Bai Josh Bekhuis Graeme Bond Lex Chisholm Eion Crossan Gus Dermody Mal Dermody Lio Falaniko Philippe Farner Pailate Fili Corey Flynn Simon Forrest John Hardie Wharenui Hawera Ben Herring David Gannon Les George David Hill Damian Hopley George Konia Kevin Laidlaw George Latu Norman Ligairi Justin Marshall Joe McDonnell Jack JT McKenzie Harold Miller Paul Miller Wayne Miller Bobby Murrell Roger Newell Matt Philip Peni Ravai Peter Ryan Charlie Saxton Mark Seymour Brent Shepherd Alando Soakai Jeremy Spence Billy Stead Ack Soper Hale T-Pole Kel Tremain Talemaitoga Tuapati Joe Tuineau Des Tuiavi'i Earl Va'a To'o Vaega Geoff Valli Jeff Wilson References External links Official site Southland rugby (NZHistory.net.nz) New Zealand rugby union teams New Zealand rugby union governing bodies Sport in Southland, New Zealand