INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 June 1923, Page 3

INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

j ENGLAND WINS CHAMPIONSHIP. ! '-The-last Rugby test of the seasoii for the English Rugby team was decided on the 2nd April in Paris, and Eiiglar.cl, by beating France by 12 points to 3, won the international championship for the second time since the war. France* have still to meet. Ireland in a match which will decide the destination of the "wooden spoon," and the table , to date is us follows:— j ! P. W. L. For. Agst. Pts. England 4 4 0 50 17 8 Scotland 4 3 1 4G 22 6 Wales ... 4 13 31 31 2 Ireland ... 3 1 2 13 40 2 France ... 3 0 3 14 44 0 W. J. A. Davies, one of .the English' half-backs, who has been spending his honeymoon in France, added another ; triumph to his remarkable record (says the Manchester Guardian), and if lie ; fulfils his present intention not to play • again in international games, he will | have the happy recollection of completing his career by dropping r. goal in ! the last minute oi: his last game. j [ . |