Hopkinson Promoted
The Canterbury prop, A. E. Hopkinson, will take his rightful place in the main All Black trial at Athletic Park today. But it has taken an injury to N. W. Thimbleby (Hawke’s Bay) to rescue Hopkinson from the early game. Yesterday, Thimbleby was nursing a badly swollen knee—the legacy of a knock he sustained in the North Island trials on Wednesday. After being examined by a doctor, Thimbleby sadly withdrew from the Possibles teams, but Mr I. M. H. Vodanovich, the chief selector, said he would still be considered for the tour.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32304, 23 May 1970, Page 13
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