RUGBY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 August 1928, Page 3

RUGBY.

« —— A UOKLiA NO BEAT SOUTH I.A ND

(By Telegraph— -Press Association.) 1 X VEIH.IAUIGIId, An-;. 15. Hi-- modi'ing marked the Auckland SoiiUdaii.d lllugby match 'lioj’tv. In-day. Live visitors winning by 1.-l. points to 2i. l ive weather was line but overcast when the game commenced and a c.oild wind blew straight down live field. The at - tend-anee w.a« .about .5000. The visitors threw tlie ball about in clelijslitfuil fashion, the three-quarter line handling; the balil well and beiup; iaster than their opponents. The forwards combined more effectively in the loose tiviin the Sout.lidaii.fi pack, but the latter more than held their own in the tight. At .one stage in the second spell it appeared that Southland, had the measure, of their more versatile opponents, but it was only tv flash in the pan, as the nortlhenors rallied and panne back again with, .as much vim ,a,s in the first, spell. Southland lost several good opportunities. of scoring in the second half and, had their work possessed the finish of the visitors’, they*would have scored at least, three more tries.

1M ARTiBOiROTOH BEAT MI 1 SIT. BAHIA.TUA, Aug. 15. On a greasy, water-logged ground the

Marlborough touring team defeated Bush by six points to three. The game was largely confined to the lori\.aids. ■ I X l iuK -SClf KM>l, M ATOLL ILU/MERSTON X., Aug. 15. j I’almcrstou North and Napier Hoys High Si In noils .played the 25 i h annual Rugby mail'll to-day, tiio- game resulfting iii a draw, with Itie scores three ali. Each side scored an unconverted try. OTAGO' BEAT -MANA.WH ENUA. DUNEDIN, Aug. 15. In one of the dullest representative games seen in Dunedin fojr some years Otago boat jflanavvheniia. to-day bv IT points ho 9 under ideal conditions. .Both packs of forwards were listless,-and the play Tacked sparkle. The game- was even from .start to finish.