Mourie’s team beats S.A. XV

Press, 14 March 1977, Page 6

Mourie’s team beats S.A. XV

I Youth had its dav at Gisborne’s Rugby Park on ■ Saturday when Graham Mourie’s Argentinian tourists defeated lan Kirkpat- ) rick’s team which toured South Africa. 24-10. ! The flying Bay of Plenty! 'winger, Mark Taylor, scored three dazzling tries and was] just one of the host of young [players to make a good im|pression on the 5000 specta-1 tors. Taylor. Ken Granger, |(Man.awatu), Stuart Wilson) [(Wellington), Doug Rollerson (Manawatu) and Murray Tay-! [lor (Waikato) were all in outstanding form for Mourie’s j back-line. They were also [well served in'the forwards' by Andy Haden and Stuart I Conn, of Auckland. The game was played with

-[plenty of vigour and tl i'scores were level. 4-4. at hah 11 time. -i In the second half, thr ■i Argentinian tourists raced I 'away to a 14-4 lead, but, i inspired by some tremendous . play by the evergeen KirkI Patrick and his Poverty Bay ; I team-mate, Laurie knight, the South African tourists ! I fought back strongly to [reduce the leeway to 14-10 : helped by a Kirkpatrick try. But at the finish the | younger Argentinian team was right on top and fully deserved its win. ) Scorers.—Mourie’s XV 24 (Mark Taylor three tries and [one conversion. Doug Roller- [ son and Bruce Gemmell, tries ( and Andy Haden conversion), Kirkpatrick 10 (Ken Stewart s and lan Kirkpatrick tries, Sid 'Going conversion).