COUNCIL OF SPORT
AFFILIATION IMPOSSIBLE The question of the affiliation of the New Zealand Rugby Union with the Council of Sport was raised at the annual meeting of the union yesterday by Mr. D. Jolly (Otago), who said he thought the position should be finalised, in respect of the union, its affiliated unions, and their clubs. At the conclusion of a long discussion the president, Mr. E. V. Phillips, who had said that the rules of the union precluded its affiliation to a body which was not solely engaged in the management of Rugby and which was also associated with Rugby League, which came under the rules of professionalism of the English Rugby Football Union, refused to accept a motion that the council obtain a legal opinion. He explained that two legal opinions supported his ruling. It was pointed out that this ruling in regard to the New Zealand Union applied also to any of its affiliated unions or clubs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 92, 19 April 1945, Page 10
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