RUGBY FOOTBALL.
1 THIRD TEST TEAM. H E. Nicholls, on the recommendation'of the New Zealand selectors, has: been appointed captain of tlie- NewZealand team for the third test with./ •New South. Wales at Wellington, on Saturday week. ... . > • , The N.Z.R.U. Committee-lias, decided that the Wellington and .Feather-. ston "fly-weights" (primary, schools) provide a curtain-raiser to the third test. . , , , . . 1 In connection with the training or the New Zealand team a suggestion was received that the team should ba quartered at Qtaki. The N.Z.R.U.. Committee decided, however, that, Messrs Dean, Hornig and: A. J. Griffiths pay a visit to Eastbourne to ascertain what facilities there were in that locality for training purposes. N.S.W. TEAM TO VISIT It was announced at the New Zoan land Rugby Union meeting on Wednesdav evening that the touring New South Wales team would pay a visit to Rotorua after the match with Auckland next Saturday.',. Their stay' at Rotorua would, however, only amount •_ to about a day, as they would amva there about midday on Monday next and leave- again on Tuesday afternoon..
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 805, 7 September 1923, Page 5
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176RUGBY FOOTBALL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 805, 7 September 1923, Page 5
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