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NZ Truth, Issue 471, 27 June 1914, Page 11

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INTER-ISLAND RUGBY. ■■■'■■ The A Teams Try Out On account of the fact that a. New. Zealand team is to visit Australia nest months imore than usual interest was taken' m the above feature of the yearV 'Unfortunately, by reason of a southerly/ what promised to be a; brilliant :encoTmter developed into a muddy scramble Tfifs'is not to say that the game was tunntetesting. "It would,' perhaps, be diffl^ajt td r find'twd such fine sets of forwards as .did Dattle^for supremacy. Evxsp V* rfviidfpm selcbtioa would' pro--ducel forwards., fit tp represent any country, - '••;- "_ • " . Thotigh there was only a di/cerence pi eight points between the teams, the Soulh Islanders did not at any time look like losers." There -can be no^ douftfc that ' their fOTwards «displayed mofes' dash and combination than the. Northerners, and' perhaps a little more pacei^aiid.'^as the backs adopted more Bui^bie tactics/their superiority was" complete. ";. ' ■ ' . ■ , North iorwards did not heed the lesBOTMJf i be "B'f: match^ South put their" heads jjpwnjahd pushed North didn't, South won. .'.' .... South backs got down and stopped the rushes., But the Northern backs (and the<djrt didn't show on their garments) generally; avpi£e£ the; whites' rushes. >>'NdRTH IST^AND TEAM. J^yari was not at all clever In his wor# .He is not a f ulf -back. O'Brien Is easily his .superlbr m that position. ; Stewart was not a.success.as wing ffcree-quarter. His selflshvPlay on the. Wednesday, did not do, him any. good.; P^Robertß'.was the pick of tho bas-. ket and proved as- elusive as a will-, o'theiwtep.. •.-, His only,, mistake .was : that" low. klck> which;; rebounded off Taylor and- led. to thei 1 first ■> try* . „ Jt*Stohr did not,, show too much heart. . .. :i .. ■■ ■ MxsKenzte did not deliver the;goods. *W%»t6n; tolled- hard and was quite &s febbd' as his former showings. '■ did not go down >\o the roslifea/' Presumably this accounts.for bte r?ymissidii frbm f th© New Zealand Ra>ji" "VWlson and' Francis were commoTiuabiei excepttona m the' way of i^JgWnff lix tie'riight work: 'Bruce, als6' Owning arid "Cotters were- the greatest offenders m this direction. v was outclassed at' every p^ „ ■:■*•..■: i;-; :!i ■^':'v 1.-:;•:.' SOTJTHHRNERS,, „ d*h^ /of' the' South Island ba«^'aad'tHe sdlld'wbrk of the'for■warhs' won' the game. Scott' was very cooi:"He alwaysr'got to the"ball. Eyle! impressed:as a man whb-vfrould fee 3ery tricky on a dn£ oy. His tryT.was. a..fine, -effort _ ; • *>'__ _\ C.9pkrqft,. .a .ereat; defensivegamiv/ancl^ ffjorm the; All Blacko.4s rw%hat. Is (P%5i% thebanke^s. ■ Black and cfjiw^haw, until the.fprmertfwas .Jnjurod,.i combinedw?l|.., .Biack; Is v,«.» flpe.; dashing player, .^rho oug»t"*o-. shine la. Australia, Crawehaw the mud. , ■ -.^-\. ..~ -- Taylor was .Just it His passing from?*be-scrum. was nippy, -he,showed groat-vpaco and tackled • like a demon. The tackling of-the - southern backs^ especlaUy^ that of Grawshaw, Taylor andJPylo was-a treat .:■■. ■-n< ■• -■■• ■p; Williams and.his partner,.l4nd-eay;'libolced->tho jball In the^majprity, ofXH&BcnOtta. Irvino la a hefty youth.; Graham,' Fisher and McNeece shone m the light end loose work. Murray was ,tlje, brightest, star In tha^pormane'nt, He .toiled, like a deinoß/> stopped rushes and 'tackled magIlifiMßtty, while hts tpuowin^jup: was &trfjyelatlpn,' . .. t. . iAU;Mhe forwards tolled lilce tigers,. ftnd"?;they poshed < the southern" pack aU'trror^the show.. .