Stephen Timothy Casey (1882–1960) was New Zealand international rugby player. He was a member of the All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

 in 1905–1908, playing in the Hooker position.

Early life

Casey was born in Dunedin

Dunedin

Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

, New Zealand and was educated at Christian Brothers School

Kavanagh College

Kavanagh College is a Catholic Secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand. The school in its present form dates from 1989 but its origins as a secondary school go back to 1871....

 where he played rugby.

Senior rugby

Casey played for the Southern club and represented Otago

Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...

 in 1903–04 and from 1906 until 1913. He played for the South Island Team in the years 1904–07.

All Black

Casey was selected for the 1905–06 originals tour and was therefore one of the original All Blacks. He played in the Scottish, Irish, English and Welsh tests. He also played against Australia in 1907 and in the first test against the Anglo-Welsh in 1908. He played 38 matches (including 8 tests) for the All Blacks but never scored a point for them.

Sources

• Ron Polanski, The All Blackography, Hodder Moa, 2007.