Feilding Old Boys RFC

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Feilding Old Boys OrouaClub information

Full name| Feilding Old Boys Oroua Rugby Football Club
Colours| Black, Red and White
Founded| -
Website| https://www.sporty.co.nz/foborouarnc/Home-of-The-Stags
Current details
Ground(s)|

* Johnston Park, Feilding & Kimbolton, Manawatu

Competition| Hankins Shield

Feilding Old Boys Oroua is a rugby club based at Nelson Street in Feilding and Kimbolton Road in Kimbolton, Manawatū District, New Zealand. It is a constituent club of the Manawatu Rugby Union and play under the name "The Stags", although the club is often referred to as "FOBO".

In 2009 the Feilding Old Boys club merged with the Oroua club, based in Kimbolton. The club also combined rugby and netball clubs.

The main rival club is Feilding commonly referred to as Feilding Yellows. The respective club-rooms are based on either side of the rugby field at Johnston Park.

## Oroua union[edit]

An Oroua union was formed in 1896 comprising teams from Cheltenham, Colyton, Ruahine, Birmingham (now Kimbolton) and Āpiti. The union was disbanded in 1898 and in 1909 Oroua became a sub-union of the Manawatu union.

## Honours[edit]

The Stags made the 2010 Hankins Shield final but lost 11–10 to Varsity, the Massey University team.[1] In 2018 the Stags went one better to win the Hankins Shield beating the Feilding Yellows 24–22 in the final.[2] The club's women's team have won the Prue Christie Cup in 2015, 2016 and 2018.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Varsity in narrow win to take Hankins Shield". 9 August 2010.
2. ^ "Feilding Old Boys-Oroua claim Hankins Shield in thriller".
3. ^ "Kia Toa win women's title as club rugby finals brought forward". 14 August 2020.

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