RUGBY FOOTBALL
AUCKLAND, August 28. The opinion that the All Blacks next season, when they toured South Africa, would find the South African standard of play exceptionally goad, was expressed by Lord A. P. De Villiers, who is a passenger by the Maunganui. He expects to make a short star in New Zealand. . - He added that the South African people were looking forwaij to' the New Zealanders’ visit. When he left, the Rugby season had just started, with evidence of remarkable keenness. The visitor is aged 28 years, and succeeded to the title in He was educated at Oxford University, and is a large land owner in South Africa.
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Grey River Argus, 29 August 1939, Page 10
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