INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 89, 16 April 1927, Page 3

INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA, j

SELECTION OF ALL BLACKS

TRIAL MATCHES PROPOSED.

tn> T'Wrapb—Ova Corw=r.nad«it..) WELLINGTON, this dar. •j 1W <-\«iuivc of the Xcw Zealand ißurl.v Union, in it« annual report. atat>» jthat a reply ~..„, sonth Africa in boinj: j availed ak m the terms on which the XewZealand t<am may visit that connpry in I>»2<. A. the team Jo a larsr oxlent muM I*. scWtc-d on this wason* l«oini. the committee sugyeM* the fol,l«»«n>c series of preliminary matches : _ N'""h Auckland and Auckland v. ThameValley. Waikalo. Bay of PJentV and hasj ( <iaM at Auckland. Aupu'sf 30 Hawk.- » Bay and Poverty Bav v. Waira ia].a and Bush, al Napier.' AujiuM 24. IWclhngton and Maaawbenua v. Wjd-j mii. Tnranaki and Kin~ Coniitrv,'*at I I aimer-ton Xorth. Ati£ia*t 27. * | Nelson. Marlt<oroqph and Cold™ Bar r , Bullet and We«t Coast, a; Wcstport August J»0. ' "; kantoil.ury and South tanterl.urr r i <Ma.po and Southland, at Dnnrdin August 27. North Uland v. Island, at Wellin--i ton. September 3. The a bote matches would compri«* the trials for this season. and the follow-in" it is suppesled. should be plaved wlt in the following season to finalise the selection of the team: — Minor Inion* of Xorth Inland v. Minor I I men* of the South Island, j Major Union* of Xorth Island v. Major j Unions of the South Inland. j These two matches would be plaved on ,lhc same day, and would be followed bv: Xorth v. South. Possibles v. Probables,