PROFESSIONAL ALL BLACKS.
Public Welcome in Sydney. < (Received 9.20 a-m.) SYDNEY, this day. The New South Wales Rugby League tendered the New Zealand professional footballers a reception in the Town Hall yesterday. . Wright, the' New Zealand captain., replying for the visitors, said that they had learned many lessons on the tour. One was that the old amateur. Rugby game was, not the only game in the world- He was sure the public would flock, to see the hew league game. He did not think there was a player in England who could kick goals like Messenger.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 90, 14 April 1908, Page 5
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