27 All Blacks for Ireland
Preu Aitociation) WELLINGTON. A team of 27 All Blacks has been invited to tour Ireland in November. The invitation by the Ireland Rughv Union was accepted at the executive meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union last night. The All Blacks will undergo a rigorous, eightmatch tour in the British Isles, which will include matches against the Barbarians and a Welsh XV. The normal contingent of players Tor a short lour is 25. The surviving members of the 1»24 All Black “Invincibles” will attend the Jubilee celebrations in their honour on September 13. The last of the acceptances for a function in Wellington was received by the N.Z.R.F.U. last week.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33611, 13 August 1974, Page 24
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