RUGBY FOOTBALL

Southland Times, Issue 23538, 18 June 1938, Page 11

RUGBY FOOTBALL

MATAURA TEAMS FOR GAMES TODAY

The following players will represent Mataura in a match with Lumsden, at Lumsden today: Heaps, Patrick, Currie, Scobie, J. Adam, Leitch, Wyeth, Clark, Renshaw, G. Adam, Pow, McKay, Gaudion, McGowan and Webb. Emergencies: Hunt and Townsend. Second Grade. —Mataura V. Pioneer, at Mataura: N. Johnston, Heaps, Smith, Shaw, Coster, J. Folster, J. Hannah, A. Johnston, W. Folster, Allison, Monaghan, Jenkins, Sayers, Harvey and McGillivray. Emergencies: Gibson and E. Denson. Third Grade.—Mataura v. Albion, at Gore: Bagrie, Baynes, Bolger, Clark, Sutherland, Marshall, Bromby, Hannah, McLean, Redman,'Valentine, English, Adamson, Cowan and Maslin. Emergency: Barclay. AUSTRALIAN COMMENT ON ALL BLACKS “BRILLIANT BACKS AND RUGGED FORWARDS” SYDNEY, June 17. The Sydney Morning Herald, commenting on the selection of the All Blacks, says: “The team should be equal, if not superior, to many of the great New Zealand teams of the past. Brilliant backs and strong rugged forwards, aided by an admirable blending of youth and experience, suggest the All Blacks will be a powerful combination. This is the opinion of Australian international players who have played against the selected players both in Australia and in New Zealand.”