Pressure on Eastern
Eastern-Hertz, the dominant team in Canterbury rugby league for- the last three years, must beat Hornby at the, Show Grounds this evening if it is to keep alive its hopes of competing in the national Wrangler Cup tournament. But even a repeat of Eastern’s decisive first round victory, and a win in the final premiership series at the expense of Sydenham this Saturday, might not be enough to carry Eastern into
the inaugural cup contest. Canterbury's cup representatives will be ’the premiership winner and ‘the most successful side in the second full round. Addington needs only to beat lowly Marist-Western Suburbs on Saturday to achieve both objectives. Should Addington do. so, Eastern could qualify as the second round ruriner-up after a count-back of scoring percentages with Hornby. That would only be necessary.
though, if Hornby followed a loss tonight with another de- . feat from Papanui on. Saturday:' But Hornby has shown fine form in recent weeks, and it might well be capable of beating Eastern and Papanui to tie both the premiership and the second full round with Addington. In that case, Addington and Hornby would become the Canterbury clubs in the cup knock-out — with Hornby gaining top seeding on scoring percentages. ,
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