PROSPECTS IN TEST
PRESIDENT CONFIDENT OPPONENTS OF SPRINGBOKS (Tor Prnsa Association.) INVERCARGILL, last night. If there'is one man in New Zealand who is sanguine about the prospects of the All Blacks in their corning tests with the Springboks, it iS Mr. R. T. Meredith, president of the New Zealand Rugby Union. lie was a spectator at the inter-island game at Wellington on Saturday and returned to Invercargill to-day. “I am not a bit concerned about our prospects against the Springboks," Mr. Meredith said to-night. "The standard of play was an eye-opener and we should be able to face the South Africans with every confidence. The team will be well trained and coached. Nothing will be left to chance.” He added that he had never seen a better game of Rugby anywhere than in the intcr-Island match.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19375, 13 July 1937, Page 7
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