£IOOO REFUSED.
LONDON , WELSH PLAYER AND A RUGBY LEAGUE OFFER',. 9LONDON,. Noy. 17.—Rugby League agents, in'theu' anxiety to.find'recruit#,, are'' approaching many amateur Rugby players arid! offering high. fees - . W. C, Powell, '’the London Wolsh scrtini-half, who played for the Army last year, and is taking pa,ft in the second' Welsh trial this week, was approached every day fast week, and was ultimately offered £IOOO to. go north. Powell is, ihowev'tjf; a- staunqh’ amateur. His father was/ a’ member of tfiq Welsh tearii which inflicted, the only de-‘ feat on the All-Blacks I yi,,th(4r 1905 tour.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16920, 29 December 1925, Page 2
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