RUGBY
N.Z. FORMATION
STOOD TEST FOR 40 YEARS
GEORGE GILLETT’S VIEWS
(Press Association)
HAMILTON, Jan. 27
“There is nothing wrong with pur formation, which lias stood the test of 40 ’* yeans,” ’ stated • Mr: Gehi-go (}i 1 - left,, of. Hamilton, one of thq star players ot’ the 1904-1905 All Blacks. During that tour lie played frequently in. the role of wing- forward. “A propositi! aiming at any. change iff the Rugby New Zealand has known for so long will meet/ with much opposition when it eornos before the annual meeting of delegates,” he said. “There is nothing to say you cannolftplay a man in this position if you have JO players in the scrum. The one person to handle a wipg-forward .is I lie referee. A good wing-forward can open up Ui<> game a s well as the host half-buck. Rot It can take their place on flic field without detriment to them or to team-ivork as a whole.?’
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11549, 28 January 1932, Page 6
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