RUGBY FOOTBALL
GAMES EOT! TO-MOliliOW
EDEN PARK ATTRACTIONS FINE PROGRAMME ARRANGED The fact that (hp throe trains with the most points in tho Auckland Rugby Union's senior championship competition will lie in action on the Eden Park Oval to-morrow afternoon should be sufficient to attract thi* largest crowd of the reason to Rugby headquarters. Two of the teams, Papakura Army and Marist. will meet in the main contest at 3.1~> p.m. The Army team will be at full strength once more and under such circumstances it will lie difficult to beat. Marist has lost little prestige by its defeat last week at the hands of Grammar, which is undoubtedly one of thi* strongest side* in the competition, j Like Army. Marist possesses an evenlyj balanced combination, and the game should I provide a particularly hright spectacle. | The curtain-raiser, between Takapnna. anj other of the leading teams, and winner of the I championship last year, and Training College, j also appears certain to be keenly contested and productive of fast, open football. Grammar should prove too strong for University on No. 2 ground at :5.1.1 p.m.. while Suburbs may account for Technical in the early match on No. •'! ground, although the latter is capable of springing a surprise. Otahuhu has a bye. Two second division games will be played at F.den Park and the others on suburban grounds. The main secondary schools' matches will bo played at the Show Grounds. SOUTHERN COLLEGES [TIT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] INVERCARGILL, Thursday The annual Rugby match between the | Southland and Otngo Boys' TTigh Schools resulted in a win for Otago by I points to
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23996, 20 June 1941, Page 4
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269RUGBY FOOTBALL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23996, 20 June 1941, Page 4
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