TORRID RUCKING
INCIDENTS IN TEST
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, September 4. The rucking half-way through the second half of the Rugby Test when! New Zealand's chances were fading, became so torrid that the referee had to intervene more than once to warn players about rough play. After one particularly willing encounter between the two packs, 'he called the two captains together and had a few words with them, obviously about rough play. One New Zealand forward seemed to lose his temper temporarily, and a big section of the ■ crowd saw more than one tussle between opposing forwards which had nothing to do with the ball. It was about this time that Rankjn was seen to fall heavily. from the side of the scrum, and about'the same time that. M. M. Louw,the. South African forward, received an injury which ended in his partial collapse after the garnet But the warning of the referee had its full effect and excessively hard play was stopped.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 58, 6 September 1937, Page 15
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