Hipwell’s comeback
NZPA Sydney I. A former Australian rugby ■ international half-back; John j Hipwell, will make His; comeback to top rugby- in Sydney next Sunday. . v j Hipwell, who is Campaign- < ing to regain his test posi-1 tion, was yesterday named 1 in the New South Wales Country team to play < Hawkes Bay. -. /
“It is a great honour to be playing 1 for the Uountry side again,” Hipwell said. “Now it’s up to .me to re-establish myself.” : ■..HipwelL has continued to play rugby for . Armidale City, and for the New England zone team since he retired from international rugby after • Australia’s defeat of New Zealand.- in Auckland, in 1978,
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