FIJIAN RUGBY TEAM
ARRIVAL AT AUCKLAND [Pee United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, August 21. The first native Rugby football team ever to leave Fiji, comprising 22 players, arrived by the Monowai to-day to play a series of matches in New Zealand, the first at Rotorua on Wednesday against the Bay of Plenty Maori team. The itinerary includes a test against the Maoris on September 16 at Hamilton. The cb-managers, Messrs J. B. K. Taylor and J. H. F. Wiley, said that the team, which was composed of solid young players, expected to give a good account of itself. Weather conditions were not expected to make as much difference as might be thought, as the team had had experience of playing on wet grounds in Fiji.
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Evening Star, Issue 23350, 21 August 1939, Page 10
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124FIJIAN RUGBY TEAM Evening Star, Issue 23350, 21 August 1939, Page 10
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