Football
The second round of the Mangonui Rugby Union competition was concluded on Saturday. Kaitaia retained their unbeaten record bv outpointing Kaitaia li ' 1 they failed to defeat was Air Force, * drawing with them on both occasions. Air Force h tve challenged Kaitaia on Saturday for supremacy. After defeating Awanui on Saturday, Air > Force are confident that this time . I the result will be decisive. . Kaitaia Defeat Home Guard 1 Home Gu .rd, after their success 1 against Air Force, were expected to ■ extend Kaitaia, but fielding a scratch I side and not a complete fifteen until | the last few minutes, were unable to' cope with the best team tin- lei J have sent into action this season. Thc/fl result was in Kaitaia’s favour by 17 H points to 0. The Guardsmen held their own in the forwards although a man short. It was the Kaitaia >J| backs that they could not stop; with 1 1 better handling and a few less for- (■ ward passes the score would have been | doubled. Wright, only a youth, at ve !u- backs excel mt considering bis opportunities from scrums were limited. Hilton Jameson, Max Werner and Hepa Paratene are decidedly useful inside backs, with all their best football in front of th*m. Gordon Wild scored again, and on the form shown recently is one of Kaitaia’s best forwards. B. Harrison, after playing in the backs all the season, went particularly well in the forwards. Noel Coulter and Joe Posinkovich were continually in the thick, and toiled like trojans throughout. Youth, was to the fore in the Home | Guard pack, two mere lads in Steve Lunjevich and Bruce Mclntosh, stood up to their more experienced oppo- ' nerds in fine style, the first-named playing a particularly dashing game. Frank .Masters as usual was always in the picture. In the backs Lysught extricated his side from many difficulties and Stringer when shifted to five-eights played good football. Lyal Turner on the wing played in the gamest possible manner; his control ■ of the ball in dribbling rushes was a revelation. Hcke Yates, Mangonui Harding Shield wing Pail. fl • : inM' 1 *; - c auu jfm "llilllfyi jSm-. 1 jgjj * ■
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Northland Age, Volume XII, Issue 46, 26 August 1943, Page 3
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360Football Northland Age, Volume XII, Issue 46, 26 August 1943, Page 3
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