Ack Soper last year with the Ack Soper Shield, which was launched for Southland's division one club rugby competition. All Black Ack (Alistair) Soper has died in Invercargill, leaving a legacy of eight games in the black jersey, more than 100 games for Southland, and winning the Ranfurly Shield. Soper played eight times for the All Blacks on the 1957 tour of Australia, he also played for London club Blackheath in 1960-61. Robyn Edie/Stuff Members of the 1959 Southland rugby team, from left, Ack Soper, Jack Borland and Spud Tait, reunited with the Ranfurly Shield in 2010. Soper's legacy will be remembered each and every Saturday during the Southland club rugby season after Rugby Southland last year moved to name the division one competition prize the Ack Soper Shield.

Source: Stuff June 18, 2020 21:33 UTC