The Heriot Rugby Football Club has not produced any All
Blacks but two former players who received their grounding at
the club later played for New Zealand.
Harrison Rowley played against Australia in 1949 and Don
Oliver played in two tests against the British and Irish
Lions in 1930.
The club, which celebrates its 125th anniversary on the
weekend of April 16-18, has provided two Otago Rugby Football
Union presidents in the past 25 years.
Jack Park and Iain Fletcher made huge contributions at their
own club and had an influence on Country and Otago rugby.
Club highlights include beating Matakanui 11-4 to win the
White Horse Cup in 1928 and winning the Countrywide
competition in 1994.
Heriot has won the West Otago competition 11 times in the
past 25 years.
The West Otago sub-union joined South Otago to form the
Southern Region in 2001.
Former Commonwealth Games 10,000m gold medallist Dick Tayler
will be the guest speaker at the anniversary dinner.
A feature of the celebrations will be the senior match
against Lawrence at the club grounds on the Saturday
afternoon.
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