Haden returns in huff
NZPA London The former All Black, Andy Haden, has returned to New Zealand prematurely after his Ponsonby team surprisingly lost on the opening day of a French rugby tournament, “The Times” newspaper reported yesterday. “Haden, who captained his club on the day, was so disappointed with their performance in the 21-15 defeat against Constanta, of Rumania, that he left immediately for an early flight home,” “The Times” said.
Ponsonby was playing in the masters club tournament being held in Toulouse, Brive, Agen and Bayonne,
Haden had “even threatened to quit playing altogether, an entirely possible outcome according to his fellow New Zealander, Mark BrookeCowden,” “The Times” said.
“Haden’s arch-rival, the Rumanian veteran, George Dumitru, won a substantial share of the ball in the line-out and led his men to a welldeserved victory.”
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Press, 20 December 1986, Page 80
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