RUGBY LEAGUE.
NEW ZEALANDERS’ RALLY. PLAY IN THE TEST MATCH. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Oct. 3. The Daily News says that England’s victory was not so pronounced as was expected. The New Zealanders’s heroic rally in the second half revealed •the tourists in a new aspect, and only Sullivan’s magnificent checking of two great attacks prevented New Zealand winning. They lost owing to their half-hearted efforts in the first half, when they rarely handled the ball effectively.” When they realised that the backs could be stopped, the English lead could not be reduced in the time available. The New Zealand forwards were better in the loose than the Englishmen.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 October 1926, Page 3
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110RUGBY LEAGUE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 October 1926, Page 3
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