"SWAPPING JERSEYS."
RUGBY 1»] LAYERS ON TOUR.
UNIC/31' DISAPPROVES
(By Telegri ill M. —Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, this day.
The practice adopted by some Rugby players of esa hanging jerseys when on tour was geu« -rally condemned at last night's meetiji *g of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union. "It is a sillj r habit," said the chairman, Mr. S. S . Dean. He approved of the suggestice . that members of the All Black teai l. be given badges which they could pr< -sent to the South Africans instead oi i their jerseys.
Mr. E. Wylii : suggested that the players be "asked to give an undertaking they would net 'swap' jerseys."
It was decs led that the players be provided with» badges.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 75, 29 March 1928, Page 8
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