N.Z. RUGBY SIDE

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 62, 11 September 1945, Page 8

N.Z. RUGBY SIDE

TRIALS FOR ENGLISH TOUR

(Official N.Z.E.F. War Correspondent.) LAKE TRASIMENO, September 10. The selectors of the N.Z.£.F. Rugby side to tour Britain, Major V. Butler, Warrant Officer J. llore, and LanceBombardier R. Stewart, have chosen the following- to take part in the trials for the selection of the team:—

J. B. Smith, K. D. Arnold, W. B. Davis, K. Rika, C. Nofris, B. Kakotea, S. W. Wolley, A. S. Neighbours, A. H. Brown, W. G. Argus, R. D. Johnstone, R. L. Jones, S. M. Gibb, R. J. Coupland. W. I. Gardiner, F. R. Allen, E. G. Boggs, S. L. Young, L. A. Grant, H. G. Powell, R. O. Bilkie, A. F. Bullock, A. N. King, D. S. Bell, C. C. Kjestrup. A.. W. Blake, N. H. Thornton, C. S. Passmore. P. F. Furey, C; K. Saxton, H. B. Cook, L. J. Rutherford, H. E. Johns, F. N. Fosenfelt, J. G. Bond, K. D. Ranttin, J. Finlay, J. R. McCullough, C W. Hoeft, M. A. Dovell, I. Proctor, W. G. Butler, L. F. Sciascia, T. Haimona. T. W. Robinson, J. Morrison. L. W. Colmore-Williams, G. Hoffman, N. W. Charlton, J. G. Simpson, D. M. Jones, G. H. Bonsall, W. G. McNab, D. R. Sapsford, M. E. Scully, R. F. Pickering,• K. R. Sharland, R. W. Bilkey, H. J.. Brosnahan, S. W. Carley, R. W. H. Scott, J. A. Taylor, A.. W. Higgins, J. McMahon, V. E. Hill, C. O. Tucker, B. J. Fisher, H. S. Harrington, W. S. Edwards. R. L. Dobson, K. McKinley, R. Chatwin. J. C. Kearney, A. J. Mclnnarney, P. Parsons, M. J. Toomey. A. H. Lewell, C. H. Morris, P. B. King, J. R. Cameron, B. A. McKenzie, J. R. Sherratt, M. P. Olliver, S. J. Gould. R. F. Buckingham, W. A. Meates, J. M. Thompson, F. N. < Haig, R. K. Logan, C. A. Rogers, C. L. Hardie, S. J. Harvey, J. M. Mclntyre, R. J. Murphy, C. F. Flavell, G. E. Hueston, L. R. Jordan.

The list for the trials indicates that the side may be quite a youthful one, but there is a good nucleus of experienced players, and it should be possible to develop a first-class team. At first glance, it looks as if the tourists should have a heavy, very vigorous pack, and the selectors' chief difficulty with the forwards may be that of elimination. There is plenty of speed on tap among the backs. The hardest task might be finding topline inside backs. However, this first comb out of prospects justifies the view that the team will be excellent.