“Mafia” pick own XV
The “Mafia” — the hardened and experienced forwards who formed the inner circle of the 1972-73 All Blacks—would dearly love to pick a team to play the New Zealand side chosen for the Australian tour in May and June. The big number of AH Blacks who were “pensioned off” at Athletic
Park on Wednesday greeted the news of their dismissals with a mixture of disbelief and 4erision. But they quickly recovered their composure and settled down to the task of picking a team from the also-rans, which they claimed could beat the new All Blacks. Their selection was:—W. F. McCormick; T. G. Mor-
rison, G. S. Thome, B. R. Ford; D. A. Hales, L. J. Jaffray; G. L. Colling; A. J. Wyllie; A. R. Sutherland, S. C. Strahan. A. M. Haden, A. I. Scown; J. D. Matheson, J. E. Black, K. K. Lambert.
All but two members of the “Mafia” XV have represented New Zealand—Morrison and Black.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19740419.2.195
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33513, 19 April 1974, Page 20
Word Count
160“Mafia” pick own XV Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33513, 19 April 1974, Page 20
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in