RUGBY VISIT
Game with Chcli club
The former Australian international loose forward, G. Chapman, will be the coach of the Western New South Wales Rugby club side, Dubbo, when it plays the Christchurch club, MerivalePapanui, on Saturday. Chapman toured New Zealand with the Wallabies in 1962, and played in 10 matches and was the leading points scorer for the tour with 61 points, and is the president of the Dubbo Club, and the leader of the party of 31 visiting New Zealand. The tourists lost to a combined Te Awamutu team, 17-27, on Sunday, but yesterday beat Palmerston North High Schoo) Old Boys, 17-7. Dubbo, a town with a population of 17,000, was the host to Merivale-Papanui in 1970.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32873, 23 March 1972, Page 22
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