SIDELINES

Press, 7 August 1985, Page 31

SIDELINES

TERRY FEARNLEY, who coached New South Wales to a 2-1 victory in the State of Origin series against Queensland and Australia to a similar winning margin over New Zealand in the Trans-Tasman Cup rugby league rubber, has announced he will not seek the national appointment in future. Mr Fearnley was severely criticised in Queensland for bringing in four New South Welshmen for the third test against the Kiwis, a match that was lost, 18-0. Soon after the Australian squad returned home Queensland further dented Mr Fearnley’s proud record with a 20-6 victory in the third inter-state encounter. Unless he changes his mind, Australia will need a new coach for the home tests against New Zealand next season and the 1986 Kangaroo tour of Britain and France. ALTHOUGH BEATEN in six consecutive bouts after the interval, boxers from the blue corner had an eventual 12-9 advantage over their rivals from the red corner when the Canterbury amateur championships were held at the Richmond Working Men’s Club last Sunday. Starting off the sequence of success was young Murray Austin, of Papanui, who was a first-round winner over Andy Wood, of Ashburton, in one of the non-title bouts. It was all over so quickly that the result was transposed in last Monday’s edition of “The Press.” WHEN THE ALL WHITES play a southern region soccer selection at English Park on September 12, as part of its World Cup series buildup, there will be a curtain-raiser with a difference. Two soccer associations rarely seen in Christchurch will be represented when a West Coast team takes on a Mid-Canterbury representative s®e. ‘