The All Black Rugby players left something behind in Australia besides good friends; they left plenty of their own skin on the hard grounds. However, they also found that the hard grounds increased the speed of several members of the party. Jack Manchester, for instance, reckons that he was a yard or two faster in Australia than in New' Zealand, and this little bit more speed made a great difference to his play.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 205, 13 August 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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