Former Feilding High School students Luke Whitelock, left, and Codie Taylor are among four old boys of the school starting for the All Blacks this weekend.

Feilding High School is abuzz with the thought of four old boys starting for the All Blacks this weekend.

Lock Sam Whitelock, brother and loose forward Luke, halfback Aaron Smith and hooker Codie Taylor, who all went to Feilding and were in the school's first XV, have been named to start against Wales at Cardiff on Sunday morning (NZ Time).

The 29-year-old Sam Whitelock will captain the test team, which will be a first for the school. Luke Whitelock, 26, captained the mid-week team against a French XV last week.

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Feilding principal Martin O'Grady said Taranaki's Francis Douglas Memorial College has recently had the spotlight for producing the three Barrett brothers, Scott, Jordie and Beauden, who made it into the All Blacks, but to have four of their own starting players was fantastic.

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Word spread around the staffroom early on Friday after the team had been named and most will be watching with anticipation on Sunday morning.

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"Everyone is incredibly excited about it," O'Grady said. "It's just a unique thing."

O'Grady said he'd been working in education for 30 years and hadn't seen anything like it.

The four players, whose photos are proudly displayed on the school's honours board overlooking the rugby fields, maintain a connection with the school.

"They still come back and support the school and the rugby programme and things like that," O'Grady said. "They haven't gone away."

Sam Whitelock and Smith were at Feilding from 2002-06, while Luke was there from 2004-08. The 26-year-old Taylor attended for only one year in 2009, having shifted north from Horowhenua College in Levin.

Smith, 29, was Palmerston North-born and Feilding-bred, while both Whitelocks are of Linton farming stock and were boarders.

First XV coach Mark McAlley said having four guys from one school in the starting All Blacks lineup was phenomenal.

"It's great for us. It's probably a testament to the quality of the rugby programme here."

Feilding coaching co-ordinator and first XV assistant coach Wesley Clarke also pointed to New Zealand sevens player Vilimoni Koroi and New Zealand women's sevens captain Sarah Goss as signs of the school's healthy rugby programme. They are both former Feilding students who are playing in the first round of the World Series in Dubai next weekend.

Luke Whitelock has played just one test against Japan in 2013 and then one game against the French XV.

Brother Sam has 95 test caps, Taylor 28 and Smith 70.

The Whitelocks' older brother, George, played one test for the All Blacks against Italy in 2009.

Feilding High School All Blacks:

Nelson Ball 1931-1936

Jack Finlay 1946

Richard "Tiny" White 1949-1956

Stu Freebairn 1953-1954

Perry Harris 1976

George Whitelock 2009

Sam Whitelock 2010-

Aaron Smith 2012-

Luke Whitelock 2013-

Codie Taylor 2015-