RUGBY FOOTBALL

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24367, 20 September 1944, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL

♦ PASSES FOR COACHES NEW ZEALAND UNION TO BE APPROACHED The refusal of the New Zealand Rugby Union to grant to coaches passes for the North Island v. South Island match last Saturday was discussed by the manage* ment committee of the Canterbury’Rugby Union last evening. The management committee had asked that passes'Should 1 be issued to the coaches of the dubs 1& Christchurch. . „ , .' At the suggestion of Mr W. A. Cowles, the committee decided to ask the New Zealand Rugby Union to consider granting free passes to coaches in districts where matches wera. played under us jurisdiction. Mr Cowles said that the committee should make a very strong protest to the New Zealand Rugby Union and back up its coaches to the limit. "The coaches are feeling sore, added Mr Cowles. “We are going to experience difficulty as clubs next year m trying to get some coaches to carry on with the same enthusiasm after the treatment meted out to them by the New Zealand Rugby Union." Mr W. C. Dailey said that if passes were going to be given to the city coaches, the coaches of the sub-unions were just as much entitled to the privilege. Mr J. O. Hattersley: Let the coaches have their passes. We should send a protest to the New Zealand Rugby Union and word it strongly. 1 think we have been 3 Mr R. R. Masters said that Christchurch got an inter-island match not once in 10 years He did not think the coaches would object to paying to see the match. It would be far too unwieldy to handle a general issue of passes. Mr E. V. Phillips: You might as well say that every Rugby football player should receive a pass. , , _ . Mr Cowles; If the New Zealand Rugby Union did that it would get some attendance and popularise its own game. When the resolution was adopted, Mr Phillips asked that his vote should be recorded against it. . Disappointment at the action °. f Lancaster Park Board of Conti ol m refusing to allow the sale of tjfhets for patriotic funds at Lancaster Park'ast Saturday was expressed by Mr J. N. Cl-Ake. He snid that the Patriotic Fund waA urgently in need of money, and the l/mcaster Park Board’s attitude was v</ry unSP The mS president (Mr W. Maxwell) explained that the matter had been referred to the chairman of the Lancaster .Park Board, who had replied that .P®™ had never been granted forthesajeof tickets before the game. although there was no objection to sales outside the ground. It was felt that prices for the game were very high, and people would not like to be asked to buy tickets. It was the policy of the board not to allow th Mr a There should be no policy in regard to patriotic funds. DRAW FOR SATURDAY Senior Championship.—Grand final. Air Force 1 v, Linwood-Techmcal, L.P. oval, 3 First Grade.— ’Varsity-Train. Coll. v. Combined Clubs, L.P. oval, 1.30 p.m. Second Grade.— Canty. Reps. v - Elles mere Sub-Union. Rugby Pk. 3 p.m. Under 18 Grade.—Tech. 0.8. C v. Pe tone (Wellington). Rugby Pk-, L3O p.m. Under 16.—Tech. 0.8. v. Albion, S.t'. 3 Under P n‘(all at 3 pk). -North Canty, v. Kaiapoi. N.P. 9: Syd. v. Sumner. N.P. 10* Tech 0.8. v. H. 5.0.8;, N.P. 11. Ath letic v. Albion, Albion win by default.