Nine wins away
Remarkable news from rugby union reports “The Times” of London. A British team has returned from New Zealand with a record of nine games and nine victories. This, the report states, had never been accomplished previously by any team from any nation
(the Fijians of 1939 left New Zealand unbeaten, but with one drawn game). The team was Richmond Women’s Rugby Club, and after seven club games and two provincial games, their record was 258 points for and 41 against.
The report said that the compliment of the tour came from the president of the Rotorua club, who said: “Richmond’s women play rugby like the All Blacks in slow motion.” The Richmond women’s team beat a Canterbury selection, 18-10, in a torrid contest.
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