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Founded shortly </div> <div> before the tragedy of the depression set in, it was gone within a season or </div> <div> two, the black jerseys with the large white diamond were stored away and </div> <div> the vision clouded and was lost. </div> <bR> <div> The game stirred again in the late 1930s but the Second World War was </div> <div> imminent and the young men of south Auckland were prime fodder for the </div> <div> armed services. </div> <bR> <div> But the dream of a Papatoetoe team competing on the Auckland stage </div> <div> never faded. In March, 1946 the hardy men of Papatoetoe met in the local </div> <div> Town Hall, to resurrect rugby in the area. There was a Burnside there, and </div> <div> George Nickle, the local hairdresser and billiard room proprietor was also </div> <div> there. Harold Osman, who had played in the original 1920s team, was ready </div> <div> to lend a hand, along with Bill Joynt who had been associated with the </div> <div> 1930s version of Papatoetoe rugby. </div> <bR> <div> The question put to the meeting was not "should we play again?" Most </div> <div> of the evening was spent deciding which competition to play in, South </div> <div> Auckland (later to become Counties), or Auckland who had the Gallaher </div> <div> Shield as the ultimate goal. </div> <bR> <div> The decision to join the Auckland Rugby Union was never in doubt, </div> <div> according to records of the time. And in no time Papatoetoe was competing </div> <div> again, only this time the colours were the red and white hoops still worn </div> <div> today. The war effort had taken care of the old black raiment. </div> <bR> <div> The top side played in the second grade. There were also teams </div> <div> fielded in a weight-restricted third grade and in the sixth and seventh </div> <div> grades where restricted age as well as weight was paramount. </div> <div> The club made the large Kingswood Road playing fields their own. Not </div> <div> far from the main south road and near Hunters Corner, the ground is </div> <div> situated alongside the very large Papatoetoe sporting complex, where </div> <div> cricket, hockey, swimming, tennis, croquet and bowls are played. The two </div> <div> football grounds, which belong to the to the people of the area, through </div> <div> Manukau City, remain the sole domain of rugby. </div> <bR> <div> The comfortable clubrooms and changing area, which belong to the club </div> <div> itself, were opened in April 1964. Before that time after-match functions </div> <div> were held in the Criterion Hotel, in Otahuhu, but later switched to the new </div> <div> Papatoetoe Hotel built in St George Street by the local licensing trust. </div> <div> And finally they came home to Kingswood Road. </div> <bR> <div> Papatoetoe first made the senior grade in 1955. They had tied the senior B </div> <div> grade title with Training College, but won the right to promotion simply, </div> <div> some believe, because they were the fastest growing area of Auckland. In </div> <div> fact Training College withdrew from promotion. </div> <bR> <div> Longtime Papatoetoe stalwart, Guy Ronaldson, played in that 1955 team. </div> <div> He was a centre three-quarter who had come to Papatoetoe from the champion </div> <div> Wellington side, Poneke. "We didn't win a game," Ronaldson said "so we </div> <div> were dumped back down again. </div> <bR> <div> "We came back though. Rod Doig was the skipper in 1964 when it </div> <div> happened. I retired then happy that we had finally got back. </div> <bR> <div> "Vern Moore was the coach. The rugby he wanted played was 20 years </div> <div> ahead of its time and we had some great rows about it. He probably was not </div> <div> the most rational coach but he was special and he did a great job." </div> <bR> <div> In 1995 Papatoetoe, coached by Eddie Clark and under the leadership of </div> <div> Kevin Cowper, won the Jubilee Trophy. Next to the Gallaher Shield it was </div> <div> the most prized club trophy in the cabinet. It meant that they would start </div> <div> the 1996 season in the top grade for the first time and meant that </div> <div> Papatoetoe was a force in the local competition. </div> <bR> <div> Papatoetoe are strong in numbers. There are nine adult and youth </div> <div> sides playing in their colours and the social side is humming with two </div> <div> presidents grade sides and a golden oldies group. Junior rugby is strong </div> <div> with 20 teams organised for the last 20 years by life member, Wendy Ashton, </div> <div> and for the first time there is a women's side playing. </div> <bR> <div> If numbers have any bearing on success, Papatoetoe have plenty in </div> <div> store, perhaps even their name on the Gallaher Shield. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lion.co.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lion.co.nz"><U><IMG SRC="106504d0.gif" border=0 width="80" height="77" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="http://www.pizzahavennz.co.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pizzahavennz.co.nz"><U><IMG SRC="10774700.gif" border=0 width="116" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>