RUGBY FOOTBALL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 185, 5 July 1928, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

NEW ZEALAND UNION. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 4. At a meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union to-night the Bush Union notified the cancellation of its northern tour in all except the match with Wanganui. The union said that it would not now require the Rugby Union’s granViif £25, but hoped it would be utilised for the benefit of minor unions. Tho Alanawheiiua Union wrote accepting the North v. South Island Minor Unions’ match on August 4. Regarding challenges for the Ranfurly Shield it was stated that the New Zealand Union had to protect the holders and were impartial as to who the holders were. The holders had the right to say which should be shield matches and it was optional for the holders to take the shield with them when touring after they had held it for two years. If .Wairarapa won the shield'from Canterbury the match between Wairarapa and South Canterbury would not be for the shield. CANTERBURY TRIAL MATCH. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, July 4. In the trial Rugby match for the Canterburv representatives the Country side defeated the Town 6ide bv 22 points to 18. As the result four or five country players will probably be- included in the team to defend the Ranfurly. Shield. MATCH AT CHRISTCHURCH. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, July 5. In the annual Rugby match tho Boys’ High School beat Christ’s College by 31 points to 9. HIGH SCHOOLS’ GAMES. Per Press Association. OAMARU, July 4. The annual fixture between tho first and second fifteens of the Waitaki and Otago Boys’ High Schools was played here this afternoon under ideal weather conditions. Waitaki juniors defeated Otago by 11 points, to nil. In the senior game Otago won by nine points to six. • * ’■