McKenzie and Ioane have gone on to the All Black jersey while Stark's oval ball ambitions have been blighted by injury.
The powerful right winger, who attended Blue Mountain College in West Otago and made the New Zealand Schools team in 2013 while head boy at the school, has experienced a horror 12 months on the injury front.
He has been hit with serious leg injuries and broken ribs but he finally managed to get back on the field last Thursday night in University's win over Alhambra-Union.
Unfortunately, he picked up a bang on his shoulder there and although it does not appear serious, he will not be lining up for the club against Harbour at Watson Park tomorrow.
Stark (22) had a forgettable season last year, and played a mere handful of games for his club and never got on the field for Otago.
That season got off to a bad start when he tore his hamstring while playing for the New Zealand Sevens development side in the final of a tournament in Borneo.
He had 12 weeks on the sideline and slowly worked his way back to fitness.
He got back for a couple of club games before he broke his ribs in a tackle and was forced off the field again for about three weeks.
But about the middle of the club season, his season came to a sudden end. He put a kick in, went to accelerate and instantly felt a pain in his left foot. He left the field and it was discovered he had torn all the ligaments in the bottom of the foot.
An operation was needed, which also found some bone floating around in the area, and Stark started an eight-month-long recovery.
"I could do nothing for the first eight weeks so that was quite frustrating. It was a pretty massive rehab plan I went through. Right from getting into the pool and trying to get back walking," he said.
"Just doing little movements in the gym, with bands. Then when I got back to work, when we had downtime, lunch, I would get the massage ball out from my bag and try to do some exercises."
In February he got the all clear to resume training and has been slowly building up fitness.
But getting on the field was a shock to the system.
"I had done some training with Otago and had done a fitness test a week or so beforehand and had done all right. But a game is different. Just the intensity of the game. Especially that particular game. There were no real stoppages. It was all go the whole time, a lot of running and a lot of kicking."
The apprentice builder said the injuries were tough to take at times but he was philosophical about what he could do about it.
He admitted he had thought at times what he needed to do differently to stay on the field.
"Over the years I've had different thoughts that have gone through my head. Whether I need to get a balance between working as a builder and being a rugby player.
"A lot of things factor in it. But the ligaments in my foot, my hamstring, that was just bad luck. There was nothing I could have done differently ... it is just not my time at the moment."
His national school team-mates Ioane and McKenzie may have gone on to play for the All Blacks, but Stark has played just three games for Otago in three years.
He is not signed with Otago at the moment but the goal for this season is to play for the blue and golds.
"I still have goals and ambitions and want to play at Super Rugby level. At this stage, though, I'm certainly not getting caught up in that. At the end of the day it is not up to me. That is up to other people.
"I just have to focus on what I can control and get back out on the paddock."