INTERNATIONAL RUGBY
fI'fIELAND DEFEATS FRANCE. DISGRACEFUL SCENE AT CLOSE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association; JCBecd. 5.5 p.m.) . . PAPJS, Jan. 1. Twenty, thousand people witnessed. an international Rugby football match in which Ireland defeated Franco by 8 points to 3. Disgraceful scenes attended the conclusion of play'.. A section of the spectators ■who had . been verbally hostile for the most part of the game, disputing many of the referee's decisions, invaded the ground and menaced the referee. The latter, an ex-Scottish international captain, R. Scott, eventually escaped by the back door of the Stadium under police protection.
It remains to be seen whether the Irish team will make a formal protest, and whether they will refuse tc> play Prance henceforward.
Crawford, the Irish captain, said he would not make an official'report. French critics and the members of the French team agree that Scott carried out his 'fluties as referee in an unexceptionable knanner.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19525, 3 January 1927, Page 10
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152INTERNATIONAL RUGBY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19525, 3 January 1927, Page 10
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