IT’S A TEST MATCH

Press, 30 March 1985, Page 18

IT’S A TEST MATCH

By

WHIM WHAM

It’s a great Day for the Rugby Game And the Rugby Politburo — Up there with Dave on the highest Summit How will It go? Will Ces shuttle home on Time from Paris? Will the RNZAF Deliver him at the Beehive, promptly, To Dave — and Geoff? And shuttle Dave off to Africa, On the Tick of 2 p.m.? And when will the Many learn The Will of the Few — The Government of the Rugby Game, That’s who I mean, Chaired by Ces — can Anyone guess Which way They lean? A YES or a NO to Apartheidland — Must we be spelling The Message again? Are there Rugbymen Who still need Telling? Was a Test Match ever quite like This? Will it be Peace? — Or will the Final Whistle be blown By Botha’s Police? What a Day for the Game of Rugby, And the All BLACK Cause — Deciding today if the Rules they play Are Apartheid’s Laws! Sir, we shall All be wiser soon Than our Guesses and Hunches — The Schedule’s tight, no Time for a Bite, They can skip their Lunches! Will Ces’s Team act like a Scrum tight-packed, All Buttocks and Thighs, Or exhibit some Part like the Head — or the Heart! — To their own Surprise?