RUGBY SEASON
TMORMW’B OPENING The 1940 Rugby season wiU open to-morrow, and present indications point to some bright, open football. At Oarisbrook two games will be played. At 3 Pirates will meet Kaikorai, Both teams will have several new players, but expect to field good sides. _ At 1.30 Alhambra will play Zingari-Rich-mon. At the Caledonian Ground University A will meet Dunedin. Varsity can be relied on to provide some sparkling Rugby during the season. At Tahuna Park Southern will meet University B. The former will again have a strong side. At Mosgiel, Union - (last year’s premiers) will meet Taieri. The Maroons, though they have lost several of last year’s team, will still have a good combination, while Taieri can always be relied upon to put up a hard game. Patrons to the stand enclosure at Carisbrook are reminded that admission will be by the Burns street entrance only. Official guides, containing full particulars of teams and players, will be on sale at the Otago Sports Depot. Jacobs’s, and at the various grounds.
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Evening Star, Issue 23560, 26 April 1940, Page 10
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172RUGBY SEASON Evening Star, Issue 23560, 26 April 1940, Page 10
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