Welcome to Pirates Old Boys Rugby Club

At the end of the 2000 season the Pirates and Old Boys Rugby clubs amalgamated to form the Eastern Suburbs rugby club.
At the time it was proposed that to strengthen Southland Rugby there was the need for a strong Premier  competition of 8 teams preferably spread  throughout the region.
The amalgamation was to ensure that they would be part of this competition and provide a pathway to higher honours for club players.
This was realised in the first year when the Hawks played in the final of the Galbraith shield narrowly losing to Marist, they made the semi finals twice in the next four years  before winning the Galbraith shield in 2006.
Together the clubs have produced 19 All Blacks, 6 NZRFU presidents, managers and numerous provincial representatives.
In 2011, the club changed its name to Pirates Old Boys to reflect its past. Still known as the Hawks, the club has 3 senior teams, an under 18 age grade side and 11 primary school age teams. Pirates Old Boys is based at Surrey Park in Lithgow Street, Invercargill. 

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