United all clear to untimely Fiji tour
Christchurch Brother United will not stand in the way of any of its players chosen in the New Zealand soccer team to tour Fiji later this month. The tour, with internationals in Suva on September 17 and Lautoka two days later, could not come at a worse time for United. The team will be in Fiji for five days in between the twentieth and the penultimate rounds of the Rothmans League, would release any United players invited to make the tour. The team coach, Mr lan Marshall, expressed concern at the timing of the two-match trip. “Certainly the timing is not the best. But if any are selected there is no way I would stand in the way of the players,” he said. The games will be used as bpild-up for the two! internationals againt Aus-1 tralia, home and away, j
late in October. Most of that 15-man squad will be invited to make the trip to Fiji, but several promising young players are also likely to be included. The squad to Fiji will be announced later this week. United is lying third, two points behind the leader, National Mutual Miramar, and could by then be in the Chatham Cup final as well. '
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