RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21022, 10 May 1930, Page 14

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

. THE BRITISH TEAM. NEW ZEALAND’S COLOURS, (Peb United Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, May 9. “To me it is a scandalous thing,” declared a prominent Southland Rugby follower to-day, when discussing the suggestion that the All Blades may discard their traditional colours in matches with the British team. “There is nothing definite made public yet,” he added, “ but a discussion at a recent meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union makes it clear that the visiting British Rugby team is to play in a jersey so closely approximating our own that, to avoid confusion on the field. New Zealanders should adopt other colours. For years New Zealand has worn black, and the All Blacks have become part of our tradition. This must be well known to the British authorities, and yet they have adopted a jersey dark enough to be confused with onr own. If it is too late to make alterations in the British team’s jersey, and there is need’ for some distinction, let the visitors adopt an armlet. Let them do anything so long as the colours that have been established as part of New Zealand's football tradition remain unchanged,"