RUGBY FOOTBALL.
TEAMS FOR OLD COUNTRY.! ' ■,' ""' , ' ..,.■•■ ■..: ;: . ":■.''■ ' j A PROPOSED . COMBINATION. , AUSTRALIA AND NEW- ZEALAND. By (Telegraph.—Press Aswciation.—Dopyright (Received July 16, 10.55 p.m.) iSvnsßV, July 16. THE Council of the Rugby Union has sidered a letter from the English Union, stating that the South African Union has accepted an invitation to send a- team to Great Britain during the season 1912-13, as the guests of English, Scotch, Welsh, * and Irish Unions, and asking, if a date » could be arranged, whether a combined ■ Australia and Kew Zealand team could * be''sent, ' * The Council decided fa reply that whilst * not agreeing to the combination as a ' settled policy of the union for future tours, it is agreeable in the interests of the game to join Queensland and New Zealand ; in sending a team, though there would be difficulties in regard to the selection and gathering of the team.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15047, 17 July 1912, Page 9
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144RUGBY FOOTBALL. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15047, 17 July 1912, Page 9
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