MORE TALKS ON VIOLENT PLAY
<N Z Pre.sy Association/ AUCKLAND. The Auckland Rugby Union chairman, Mr R. M. Don, on Saturday will address all division one players, coaches and team managers on rough play. the union is taking this unusual step as a result of the fighting which took place during the first game of the season, between Ponsonby and Grammar last Saturday, and the calling-off of two pre-season matches be-
i tween division one clubs, on March 16 and 22. 1 At a social get-together after , next Saturday’s games, ;[ Mr Don will then discuss , the growing incidences of rough play. Already, the president of the Auckland union (Majorf General L. A. Pearce) a and the president of the t national body (Mr F. P. O’Connor) have cond demned the excessively rough and sometimes a violent actions of players.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33814, 10 April 1975, Page 24
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