League player hopeful
Rex Dalzell, the Canterbury rugby league prop forward, will not decide until a few hours before the match whether he will take his place in the Linwood team to meet Marist-Western Suburbs at the Show Grounds this evening.
A knee injury suffered by Dalzell last Sunday cast doubts as to whether he would be able to play in the second semi-final of the Qantas-Radio Avon knockout tournament, particularly!
as he could not train with the representative squad on Monday.
However, he said last evening that the injury, inflicted when he came into contact with a Kaiapoi opponent’s shoulder in a tackle, had responded to treatment. The constant use of ice packs had given him sufficient freedom to have a light run with the Linwood squad.
Linwood and Marist will virtually be meeting in a replay of the corresponding
match last season. On that occasion Linwood won, 15-12, in extra time, only to lose in their three subsequent meetings at premiership and championship level.
The curtain-raiser and other semi-final this evening is between Hornby and Sydenham. Both were responsible for big upsets on Sunday—Hornby • over Papanui and Sydenham against Eastern Suburbs - Hertz—and will be keen to further increase their standings.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19800326.2.151
Bibliographic details
Press, 26 March 1980, Page 36
Word Count
202League player hopeful Press, 26 March 1980, Page 36
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.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in