Propaganda astray
CAMBRIDGE. Subtle Welsh propaganda was evident in Cardiff before the All Blacks played the local side on Saturday (J. K. Brooks writes). Across the road from the team’s hotel, workmen put up a sign in bold letters saying Llanelli 9, New Zealand 3, and on the morning of the match filmed highlights of the same match were screened on television.
In addition, there was a strong rumour around Cardiff that local bookmakers were offering odds of four to one against New Zealand, but inquiries proved this to be another part of the softening up process. The trump card was the massed singing at Cardiff Arms Park with the band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers again present.
But the park has lost atmosphere since the huge new stands were erected, and Saturday’s feeble vocal efforts wafted away on the wind.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33067, 7 November 1972, Page 40
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