NEPIA IS COMING.
KAPONGA SEVEN-A-SIDE
MAORI TEAM FROM. RATANA
Additional interest Avill be attached to the seven-a-side football tournament at Kaponga on Saturday next by the entry of a Maori team from the Ratana settlement. This team AA'ill include Nepia and PaeAA-ai, of the All Blacks, arid it is safe to say that the opportunity of seeing the famous tul 1-back in action will alone be a strong draw. The entry of the Ratana All-Maori team was made by telegraph this Already the Pirate (Napier) Club has entered a team, and Athletic (Wellington). may be represented,'while.the tolloAvimr Taranaki clubs are to be on the spot ; —Toko, Cliltpn, Celtic, Pirates, Riverdale. Patea, Ofcaiawa, ' Manaia R, Tukann Eltham (2), Star (2), Stratford (2), Kaponga (3), and V aim ate As entries do not close until Saturday morning, there may yet be several other teams to add to this list. The -following eight players have been chosen to represent Manaia B at the tournament: A. Griffin, W Sutton, .T. Adamson, T. Rei, E. Sutton, .W. King, Parata, and Tamanui.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 April 1925, Page 4
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176NEPIA IS COMING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 April 1925, Page 4
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