TRIAL LEAGUE GAMES INDICATE GOOD COMPETITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 98, 28 April 1941, Page 10

TRIAL LEAGUE GAMES INDICATE GOOD COMPETITION.

Judging by the standard in l!ir preliminary matches, there U l-cuxun tu expect a fairly balanced club cuinpetitiwii wncn the Auckland Hugby League open.its season on Saturday next.

City, who dre.v with Mount Alport on Saturday, will have a toniiiduUlo park. perhapy heavier than the- liiclunoiul si; The forward* will l.e Irj by Hawia Mataira and with him 'W. Jack.-u:>. a lino loose forward. Morris, a new ionic:'. and Findlater. The li.st-naiiicd ;da,\ < d some good football lor South Auckland u .vent* ago. Anionic the player* to bid farewell to lailaw Park was It. (_alo. the Moinii Albeit five-eighths. La to showed exwlleiit form last season, and once piined repiosentative honour.-. He is leaving shortlv for overseas service with the Air Fucc. Mount Albert i« not as strung us la .i reason. l>ut hap numerous junioi ; t> call on. and several showed good lot m in the trial games. The most "impressive were Lonergan, fullback. Hethcrington, Carter and Brady.

One of 'the most popular players at | Lailaw Park, Joe Gunning, and a forward ! who wae very unlucky to mi.ss the English ! trip, has been colled up for military sii- : vice at home. He is expected, however ; to be available for club matches. i Xotth Shore made a really good inipn-s- ' sion by easily beatiiv Ponsonby. and should be n leading contendei- for the ' championship. The forwards arc fast and i good handler.-. Peterson. Condon. Griih.::n j end .Hunt, were seen in hkhl of the attack- ' mg moves, which. routed the Ponaonbr I backs. i

R. Grotte has secured his clearance from Marist arid the rx-Syttney hali'-bai-k should make a lot of difference to the Citv backs.