THE FIRST TEST
NEW ZEALAND'S TEAM FINAL SELECTION Spoclal to Press Association. (Eeceived 29th Juno, noon.) DURBAN, 28th June. The New Zealand.team to meet South Africa in the first Eugby football Test at Durban on Saturday has b;cn selected as follows: —. . ■ Full-back: Lindsay. Three-auarters: Grenside. Carleton, Itobiiliard. Five-eigiiths: Strang, Johnson. Half-back: Dalley. '.'.'. Wing-forward: Scrimshaw. Forwards: Swain, Hadley, .. - M. Brownlie,. Alley, Fiulayson, '. Stewart, Hazlott." ' Tho whole; of South Africa is emphatic that the Springboks will win. The New Zealand team is more confident; than ever, and the general opinion of New Zealanders travelling with tho team ia that the All Blacks cannot lose if they got tbirty-fivo per cent, of the advantage in the scrums, in which caso tho backs should carry the day. As ia all big Eugby matches, it is sure to bo a. great forward battle, with an occasional run among the backs..
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 150, 29 June 1928, Page 10
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145THE FIRST TEST Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 150, 29 June 1928, Page 10
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