The Southland U19 programme was established in 2014 to play in the Jock Hobbs Memorial National Under 19 Tournament. In 2014 Southland were the inagural winners of the the Michael Jones Trophy section of the Tournament and in 2017 were runners up in this section, which was an outstanding result as Southland is the smallest union numerically in NZ. In 2020 with the introduction of the Super Rugby U20s, the National tournament was replaced with regional games which in future will see Southland play against Otago, Canterbury and Tasman.

2024 Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Scott Eade

Assistant Coach(s): Dayna Cunningham, Derek Manson, Monty Mitchell 

Analyst: Aidan O'Connell 

Manager: Ben McKerchar  

Physio: Tim Price

Trainer: Brooke Johnston

2024 FIXTURES 

Saturday 27th July vs North Otago Development - Dunedin - Win 14-7

Saturday 3rd August vs NZ Marist Development - Invercargill - Draw 38 all 

Saturday 10th August vs Otago Sassenachs - Invercargill - Loss 43-26

Saturday 24th August vs Otago - Dunedin Uni Oval #5 1pm - Loss 59-29

Saturday 31st August vs Otago - Rugby Park Invercargill 12.30pm - Win 36-33

Friday 6th September vs Canterbury - Christchurch Nga Puna Wai 4.30pm Lost 46-24

Monday 9th September vs Tasman - Christchurch Nga Puna Wai 11am Lost 36-0