Comeback by All Black
Graham Sims, the bionic man of Canterbury rugby, will have another crack at senior football. The former All Black centre will make his first appearance of the season this afternoon in a new position, on the wing, and for a new club, Christchurch. Last winter he was player-coach for Suburbs and was the team’s top scorer and leading try scorer.
About a month ago Sims linked up with the Christchurch seniors, initially only to keep fit. But it was not long before he began to hanker for action and now he has been gh’eii his chance, with the Christchurch backline tepleted for today’s match against Shirley.
Murray McEwan and Richard Wilson are in Brisbane with the Canterbury team and the centre, John Collinson, has university examinations this afternoon. “Felix” Sims, whose highly promising career has been interrupted frequently by injuries, Graham Gordon, and Roger Fuller have been brought into the side as replacements. Sims, who was a junior and senior All Black in the same year,
1972, and who has played for Otago and Canterbury, could well stake a claim for a permanent place in the team with a good showing today. He has been looking very sharp at training. The Christchurch captain, Jerry Rowberry, is still off the scene with a troublesome knee injury but he has been moving more freely at training and is hopeful of returning to the pack in anothe week Th team’s hooker, Mick Powley, who became pack leader after Rowberry was hurt, will captain 'Christchurch against Shirley today. Mark Treweek will atain play in Rowberry’s place at No.B University A, which will play Hornby at Denton Oval, and Christchurch are both expected to maintain their unbeaten records this afternoon. Marist, which is one point off the pace, should prevail against University B.
In the main match at Lancaster Park, Old Boys, without their two Canterbury forwards, Alwyn Harvey and Mark Harding, will have a hard task to keep its twopoint advantage over New Brighton, which will be at full strength.
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Press, 27 May 1978, Page 56
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