King Country

1950 Photo was kindly provided by Mr. Stan Meads

1951, 1956-57, 1963-64, 1971 Kindly supplied by Mr Ron Cooke

There is one famous boy in this 1951 photo and that is Ross Cullen (1st right front row). Ross made the 1966 Wallaby team to England and was sent home for biting the ear of prop Ollie Waldron.

Quite a few of the other boys made rep teams with Barry Cull (2nd left front row) being an All Black trialist while playing for Wellington, mid 1960s

King Country 1993 Team List (Photo required)

By Ron Cooke – http://rollbacktheyears.co.nz

This article was originally written in 1980 and while I have just recently republished the series, it has not been updated to include the past 30 years

King Country Rugby was so strong that in the 1956 Programme they entered 2 Roller Mills Teams