PROFESSIONAL RUGBY TEAM.
EXPENSES OF THE TOUR. PERSONNEL OF THE "TEAM. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this flay. The professional Rugby team Will subscribe £ 1300 themselves, and have. £3000 deposited by the English Northern Union towards the expenses of the tour. • The "Times" says that as many as nine or eleven "All Blacks" have joined the venture. PERSONNEL OF THE TEAM. The team is now chosen, but the names are withheld.. It numbers 25 men, and two more may be added. There are Iβ forwards and nine backs, mostly North Island men. Nine have represented! NewZealand, and several, are "All Blacks." The team leaves for England next month, after .the return, ofytue representative team from Australia. They will .wear black, like their predecessors, and probably play matches in London and Wales against Northern teams.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 162, 9 July 1907, Page 5
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133PROFESSIONAL RUGBY TEAM. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 162, 9 July 1907, Page 5
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