FRENCH RUGBY TEAM
GOVERNMENT INTERESTED. '
(INITID PRKSg ASSOCIATION.—COPTMOIT.)
(MUTBR'S TEIBGRAM.) (Received August 13, 9 a!m.)
PARIS, 11th August. France hopes to put her best fifteen in the fieJd wh«n sending its Rugby team to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand in May next. The Government is moet interested, and is granting leave of absence to soldier players. The team includes the crack, Craneos. It is estimated that a 'three months' tour will cost £40,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 38, 13 August 1921, Page 5
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74FRENCH RUGBY TEAM Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 38, 13 August 1921, Page 5
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