Royal N.Z. Air Force Beats Rosslyn Park
LONDON, Nov. 23. The New Zealand Royal Air Force Rugby team, playing against Rosslyn Park on Saturday at Richmond, won by 29 points to 11. The New Zealand team included two Maoris. Sergeant H, Tomoana, formerly scrum-half for Hawke's Bay, and Sergeant J. Wetere, a former Maori All Black, both playing in the backs. The forwards included Sergeant, an exCanterbury player, Gouldlng, who plaved for the Harlequins before going to. New Zealand, and a Hawke's Bay representative, Pilot-Officer E. Cox, D.F.C., Four forwards were Pilot-Officers W. Knight and W. Kent, Leading-Aircraftman Blomfield, all of Auckland, and Sergeant. D K. Samson, of Wellington. The team played the traditional All Black .formation. The wing-threequarters were_ Pilot-Officer E. Grant (Auckland) and Sergeant A. Sutherland (Southland), both of whom played in All Black trials.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 278, 24 November 1941, Page 4
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