RUGBY TOURS IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 79, 3 April 1928, Page 6

RUGBY TOURS IN ENGLAND.

Much has been written and sookpn i. t with regard to the attitude of the sporting public towards the last New ZeSS Rugby touring team. The chairman tfS Oommittee of Management has stated thaf£ J! wou,d have been more popular » they had lost a few more games." u!!"? prised that Mr. Dean made that statement. If seems ike "playing to the gaUery.® i " l , n^ n,an and closely followed both l£ Jf 24 teams while they were in and they were everywhere acknowledged tnlw great combinations—in England, Ireland land and Wales. Results are quickly forfottea by Englishmen, but the memory of uiHDort« manlike conduct lasts a long time, ordering off of a prominent All Black foruM was the beginning of the waning of the iS Zealanders' popularity. This fierce defend tion to win as put forth on behalf of the 1994 team came perilously near to the "win at u, price policy. My suggestion to the SelectS Committee of any future touring Britain is that the admirable quality of sporfc manship be a necessary qualification. PenM' m England do not go to football matches!* see boxing, wrestling or any other "play ft* man" game. That is reserved for the sqnucd circle. Cleverness and. field strategy wffl a ways bo appreciated, and in honour unr player is expected not only to "play to wim» but for any single athlete or touring side to be popular in England ever the "win at am price" policy must be left behind. F.G.W. [Perhaps it should he added that the ordejing-off occurred in the last match of tte tour.—Ed.]