THE TESTS AHEAD
BETTER KIWI FORM NEEDED
LONDON, November 24. Hundreds of visiting New Zealand servicemen gave probably the strongest and noisiest support a visiting team has ever enjoyed, recreating the Test match atmosphere at Twickenham. The New Zealand Army and All-England teams, however, did not give more than a promise, of test match form. « Luck and much individual abijity among the backs, and some forwards, and an attacking spirit, opposed to England's mainly defensive tactics, gave the New Zealanders the victory, but the young and inexperienced Englishmen in some respects deserved better fortune. Their backs came up more swiftly to the defence and tackled effectively, and the forwards broke up and rallied more smartly. They often gained yards after following up their backs by rucking and rushing together, while three or four, and sometimes as many as six New Zealanders strolled leisurely back to rejoin the game.
Only in occasional bursts did the New Zealatiders give a glimpse of the form necessary to carry them through the severer tests ahead, notably against Cardiff and Wales.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 127, 26 November 1945, Page 5
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