THE ALL BLACKS ON TOUR
WHOLE COUNTRY RUGBY MAO ITOWSPAPERS EULOGISTIC. (rania mum uioamot^ooruuax.y ■ ■ '■ ; (unui nusuu.) -;.' .■■;., (Received 16th January, U >m .)'; PARIS,ISth January; There wat a, picturesque incident on the arriral of the AU Blacks at Ton>louse, 0. G. Porter, -the captain; - being ' presented with a niagniflcent: bouquet of rages and carnations by the international . P^yer, J. Pujol, of the, Stade Francis Club, and who played against the-All Blacks during ffie 1905 tour. " The All Blacks were most impressed by the unexpected attention, and had the bouquet, photographed; M a lasting-memento of. the occasion. . --.■:;--;-. =-■•-.■. .,..-■: ..■; •_■ ' : The. AU Blacks visited Carcassone, audvwere enthusiastically: feted They bav^arranged to spend to-morrow at a ■Fyrenees winter resort.. J-~"-"V- /.,;.:.'::.,... r> u 6' *h"°l6 countryside ■' at' present-. is Kugtjj mad,, and-French sporting news- ■ •papsrs are bursting with -enthusiasm,' poumig ; , a rich volume' of, supgrlattvea, on the All Blacks, who .are'described-as ' super athletes,-heroes,-and demigods.'-of the. oval. ball. . The 'writers realise' that ': there is no hqpe of victory at Toulouse : on Sunday, but they express their --wil- '" ungness to learn from such dazzlin^ ex- '■* pqnents of utfdreaint,excellence. .'? ■ In contrast to therreticenceof the All' ' Blacks towards Paris, the newspapers, in the south-west of France are filled-with ' the opinions, of the All Blacks who would appear to have grown more com- - municative. .But Gascon journalists are more imaginative than their northern o»nfreres, which may account for many of the,-articles. '.. - .;■ . ■■-■ .- : - -... nlterations'hi the French team are expected, ; as .E.JBpsson js.'.'uia'ble./.to. leave Paris; and A.f Jaurreguy-'and J" Piquival are doubtful.'l <.°.,1 ...i.-,;.'
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 13, 16 January 1925, Page 7
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248THE ALL BLACKS ON TOUR Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 13, 16 January 1925, Page 7
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