King's High School has unveiled its latest rugby project to inspire the next generation of players at the school.
Former All Black Paul Miller, the school's sports co-ordinator, arranged for two jerseys to be signed by all 13 surviving King's All Blacks.
Ray Bell, the first King's All Black, and Ben Smith, the most recent, unveiled the jerseys recently.
John Hotop, Ian "Spooky" Smith, Chris Laidlaw, Lindsay Clark, Laurie Mains, Kupu Vanisi, Tony Brown, Carl Hayman, Tom Willis and Joe McDonnell were the others to sign the jerseys.
Miller said he came up with the idea as a fundraising venture.
"I wanted to do something that was unique but would also preserve the history that King's has achieved in a rugby sense.
"What better way to do it than capturing the signatures of the 13 All Blacks that King's has produced?"
The project took nearly a year.
The jerseys travelled around New Zealand and then to Wales (Willis), France (Hayman) and Italy (McDonnell).
"I got a bit anxious when the jersey reached Italy as Joe McDonnell hasn't always been the most reliable person to depend on," Miller said.
"Thankfully, three months later, it arrived back."
One of the jerseys has been framed, and will be sold. The other will hang at King's with portraits of the school's All Blacks.
Miller said the frame was "quite special" as it had been made from some of the original rimu used to build King's in 1936.
Ants Anema, the school's woodwork technician, had spent hours of his own time on the project.
Anybody wishing to see the jersey up close can email Miller (paulm@kingshigh.school.nz) or call him at the school.
