Football

Northland Age, Volume XII, Issue 46, 26 August 1943, Page 1

Football

The second round of the Mangonui Rugby Union competition was concluded on Saturday. Kaitaia retained their unbeaten record bv outpointing Kaitaia II > (’ -sU < they failed to defeat was Ail Force, drawing with them on both occasions. Air Force hive challenged Kaitaia on Saturday for supremacy. After defeating Awanui on Saturday, Air ( > Force are confident that this time , the result will 1 be decisive. *1 Kaitaia Defeat Home Guard Home Gu .rd, after their success against Air Force, were expected to extend Kaitaia, but fielding a scratch side and not a complete fifteen until the last few minutes, were unable to' cope with the best team the leaders / have sent into action this season. The/l result was in Kaitaia’s favour by 17 1 points to 0. The Guardsmen held I their own in the forwards although 1 a man short. It was the Kaitaia backs that they could not stop; with better handling and a few less for- | ward passes the score would have been doubled. Wright, only a youth, at half, gave his backs excellent service M considering his opportunities from B scrums were limited. Hilton Jameson,

Max Werner and Hepa Puratene are .« decidedly useful inside backs, with all B their best football in front of them. fl Gordon Wild scored again, and on the I I form shown recently is one of m KaituiaV best forwards B. Harrison, V after playing in the backs all the sea- ‘m son, went particularly well in the for- fl wards. Noel Coulter and Joe Posin- fl kovich were continually in the thick, fl and toiled like trojans throughout. B Youth, was to the fore in the Home fl Guard pack, two mere lads in Steve £| Lunjevich and Bruce Mclntosh, stood M up to their more experienced oppo- ' ’fl none in fine -tyle, the first-named fl a p trliculurly dashing game. Flank .Master as usual was always in tin' picture. In the backs Lysaght extricated his side from many diffi- fl culties and Stringer when shifted to fl five-eights played good football. Lyal ■ Turner on the wing played in the f| gamest possible manner; his control • fl of the ball in dribbling rashes w«is a fl revelation. Hoke Yates, Mangonui ]! Harding Shield wing made a re-appearance, played , a g^fl •.ail. ■'Vv Sat ' • Ip .ilHp^^fl JB aS .M ' ' " [ j V « f ‘.‘ «. ffll Hawthorn converting