“The Sporting Miracle”
SYDNEY, August 28. The Wallabies’ third Rugby test win in South Africa was described today by the Sydney Rugby writer, Phil Tresidder, as “the sporting miracle of our time.” “Three years ago New Zealand assembled it* All Blacks, put a ’best ever* tag on them, and sent them crusading to South Africa,” he said. “In spite of the mighty boot of Don Clarke and
the presence of massive, dreadnought forwards, the All Blacks could win only one of the four tests from the Springboks. “Last year, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales sent the eream of their players on a similar ‘big game hunt* The best the British Lions could achieve was a solitary draw in four testa. “So the Wallabies really have climbed the dizzy heights of success.
The experts new tell u» they should win the series 3-1. “There is sn old South African proverb: ‘Don’t call the crocodile a mug until you’ve crossed the river.’ “Translated into Rugby, it means that the Wallabies must push complacency aside and treat the fourth and final test at Port Elizabeth as a do-or-die affair,” Tresidder said.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30222, 29 August 1963, Page 20
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