South Canty thrashed
PA ■ ' ’ Auckland The Counties rugby folk had reason yesterday to hail big Paul Tuoro as a future AU Black lock when South Canterbury was cast aside, 40-0, on. a Pukekohe Stadium ground best described as a quagmire in the centre .field. ~.. ■. . Tuoro, who' lias been criticised for hot putting height and weight to advantage at Une-out, ruck and .maul, was the mainstay of the Counties’, forward effort yesterday. i Tuaro took - the lino-out: ’kali,
his forwards drove in on h’m, and marched South Canterbury yards at a time. The secondphase play was set up, an l Counties was eh top throughout. and mauls, 21-11. Scorers.—Counties: C. Thompson. P. Tuoro 2, A. Dawsoh 2. -It j is turning- into, a- luckiest northern tofir for th® South Canterbury side, as it was »U< thrashed, 40-7. by a rampant Baj of Plenty side, at kotofu*.
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