Keen Young Rugby Back
A young Merivale Rugby player, irry Legge, obviously Relieves the maxim about practice, for i has not missed one Rugby prac- ,■= :e or a Saturday match in the « st three years. He even turned kj it for training in the snow, hen he was the only player • esent. J His keenness for the game has ought its results, too. Starting . the age of seven, Legge showed
oral ability as a full-back and .. i chosen to play for the club’s ler sst A team. The next son he captained this team I was selected for the Cantery representative trials for his IX- te {I e played second five-eighths the t year, when he scored five I and 21 points from goals for A team. Legge played for Canterbury under sst A team inst the Canterbury Primary hols’ team. He has also won ophy for the best back in the iyale under sst A team and been a leading Rugby player _ he Elmwood School. 5T< l t present—inevitably—he is . ning for the coming Rugby L ‘
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28524, 1 March 1958, Page 5
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177Keen Young Rugby Back Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28524, 1 March 1958, Page 5
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