Kevin Boroevich had a long, eventful and occasionally stormy career in New Zealand rugby, especially at provincial level. As a 17-year-old, the powerful prop was in the King Country representative team of 1978, receiving his early tutelage from the most famous product of his club Waitete and the town of Te Kuiti, Colin Meads. Seventeen years later Boroevich was still appearing at provincial level, playing for North Harbour in the national championship of 1995. In the intervening years there had been many achievements for Boroevich. After playing 83 matches for King Country, he moved to Wellington and in two seasons in the capital built up such a rapport with coach Earle Kirton that he was made captain of the representative side. His Wellington stint included winning the NPC first division title in 1986. From 1988, Boroevich was with North Harbour, though frequent forays offshore to play mainly in England meant that over seven seasons he made only 29 Harbour appearances. As well as his many games for King Country, Wellington and North Harbour, Boroevich, of Yugoslav-Maori descent, was a stalwart of some strong New Zealand Maori sides between 1980 and 1988. His international career, though, was less extensive and sporadic. He toured England and Scotland in 1983 and Australia in 1984, but did not make the test side and was not chosen for the intended tour of South Africa in 1985. However, he had an unexpected return to the All Blacks in 1986 because of the suspension imposed on Cavaliers players for their rebel tour of South Africa. Boroevich was in the Baby Blacks side for the tests against France and Australia, but when the Cavaliers returned, was dropped. Those were his only full tests, though on the tour of France later in 1986 he came on as a replacement during the second test loss at Nantes. In 1987 he was overlooked for the World Cup squad but returned to the All Blacks for the last time when he toured Australia again in 1988. There seems little doubt that Boroevich's tendency to become involved in over-vigorous play may have reduced some of his international chances. In 1987 he was involved in a highly publicised stomping incident with Alan Whetton in a North-Central zonal match at Pukekohe and became one of the first players to be sent to the sin bin that had only recently been introduced to New Zealand first class rugby. He was also involved in other incidents during his career, which gave him, however unfairly, a reputation for ill discipline. Yet off the field "Boro", as known to everyone in New Zealand rugby, was one of the most amiable and placid of men.