COMMERCIALISED RUGBY.
MAYOR'S STRONG PROTEST. ORDINARY CLUB PLAY AFFECTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) MASTERTON, Thursday. In explanation of his telegram to the Wairarapa Rugby team, suggesting that they drop the Ranfurlv Shield overboard when returning from Christchurcli. Mr. Jordan, Mayor of Masterton, himself an old footballer who has played in all grades of Rugby from fourth to representative. says that what he objects to is the subordination of the playing of the game to team touring, spectacular representative matches and big gates. "Rugby," said Mr. Jordan, "is a game to be played and the measure of its success is to be gau?ed by the number of men playing it. The pa me is being commercialised. There have been no regular senior frames in Wairarapa since June 30. My point is that it is not right to shut down the competitions at such an earlv stage in order to go chasing that shield."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 170, 20 July 1928, Page 12
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151COMMERCIALISED RUGBY. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 170, 20 July 1928, Page 12
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