play for their 3rd grade side who were runners up in the championship. He was listed as “C List”, while the other List in the team was “J List”. By 1923 Claude had moved into the Kingsland 2nd grade side. In 1924 he was still in the 2nd grade side and was playing on the wing. His Kingsland side won the 2nd grade knockout competition when they beat Otahuhu Rovers on October 18. Earlier in the season he had played for Kingsland against the [[North Shore Albions |Devonport United]] 2nd grade side as curtain-raiser to the New Zealand v England test match at Carlaw Park. List was selected for the Auckland Junior representative side to play Hamilton juniors in a match at Carlaw Park on August 30. He played on the wing with the Auckland side winning the match 14 to 8. He was chosen for the same side to play Hamilton once more on October 4. This time the match was played at Steele Park in Hamilton and Auckland won 17 to 8 with List on the wing again. Senior debut and Auckland representative selection The 1925 season was to be a remarkable one for List. He made his senior debut for Kingsland who had been promoted to the newly formed B Division in Auckland club rugby league. And he became one of the only players to gain selection for Auckland from that grade, a feat he beat in 1928 when he became the first ever player in New Zealand to be selected for the national side from effectively a second division side. His first appearance was in Kingsland's opening round match on April 18 against Northcote & Birkenhead Rambers in an early match at Carlaw Park. He scored 3 tries in a 21–3 win. List opened the scoring and then early in the second half was “prominent in a fine passing bout, and dived over in the corner”, then minutes later he “broke away after a scrum and scored his third try”. He scored 3 more tries in their 13 all draw with Mangere United in round 3 on Peter Moke Farm in Māngere. In their next match with Otahuhu Rovers on May 23. He “made several breaks only to be pulled up by smart tackling” in a 16–3 loss. He then scored another try in a 8–5 loss to Northcote. Following a 9–5 loss to Ellerslie United