RUGBY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 19 March 1928, Page 5

RUGBY.

ENGLAND BEATS SCOTLAND

*V 0 A BLK PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT LONDON;, March 17. At Twickenham in glorious weather, and before an attendance of 60,000, including His Majesty the King, England beat Scotland by 6 points to nil, thus winning the international championship and the l Calcutta Cup. TOUR TO NE!W ZEALAND MIGHT BE MADE. LONDON, March 17. Leading Rugbyites, though regretting the International Board’s decision, do not consider this finally means there will be no tour of New Zealand or New South Wales in 1930. It is suggested that the Scottish Union, which always is most aloof, especially towards the Dominion players, is probably the principal force behind the decision which, two years before a proposed tour, declares that a sufficiently representative side' is not available. It is pointed out that the English Union, with which New Zealand and New South Wales are affiliated, and whose relations are most friendly, might undertake a tour alternatively as Anglo-Welsh and Anglo-Irish sides. Blit the situation demands the most careful handling as the International Board, on which neither New South Wales nor New Zealand are represented, might resent the suggestion that a tour he made by an Individual nation.