OUTSPOKEN SPEECH.
ENGLISH RUGBY PRESIDENT. NO OUTSIDI2 CONTROL WANTED. ißeceived Jan. 30. 4.05 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Jan. 29. In a .speech at the annual dinner of the Rosslyn Park Rugby Football Club, Mr. J. Baxter, president of the Rugby Union, said South Africa, New Zealand and New South Wales desired to have some say in the government of the game.' His hearers' first natural thought would be to have none of it. It was their came; they bred the players, and they would stick to it. j But, said Mr. Baxter, if they were to I take a large view, could they say they | were right ? He would not agree to the sacrifice of their birthright. It was their game, they must have supreme control. Nevertheless, they wanted to keep these great countries, with their thousands of players, in the game, and if so, they must give tiu-m some say in its government. But, still the order given by the Rugby Union was perfectly fair, They must wait for the , considered opinion of the clubs which belong to the union. If these clubs said nay, that was the finish of the matter. If they said, "Go on, and produce some ucheine which will give an addo.d interest to the game," then the Rugby Union would support them and see that the fdaamo was carried out.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19549, 31 January 1927, Page 10
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