AT THEIR BEST.
ALL BLACKS IN FINAL TEST. INSPIRING FORWARD PLAY. GENIUS OF MARK NICHOLLS. (Special to Press Association.) Received 10.15 a.m. to-day. CAPETOWN, Sept, 3. Commenting on the final test match, Mr. F. M. Howard, in the “Cape Times,” said: “The All Blacks brilliantly confounded the opinion of this country and made full and splendid amends for any previous failings or failures hv squaring matters in the test rubber in such an emphatic manner.”
Mr. H. Du P. Stay tier, in “Die Burger,” said: “It. was to noli and go all the time in the test matches. The New Zealanders thoroughly deserved their win on Saturday. Their forwards played with inspiration, determination and dash, and Mark Nicholls did the rest. ’ ’
Mr. H. B. Keartland, in the “Johannesburg Star,” said: “The New Zealand victory was achieved firstly by one of the most inspiring exhibitions of combined forward ©lay it has l>een my fortune* to see, and. secondly, by the genius of Mark Nicholls;, who in his long-delayed appearance in the tests showed that he' is still a world’s figure in Rugby. There was a tigerish intensity about the play of the forwards) which enabled them to sweep over the opnosition. An accurate; foot, guided by clever opportunism, did the rest. Saturday’s game provided an indelible memory of the All Blacks at their best.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 September 1928, Page 5
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