UNPREDICTABLE CAUGHEY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 222, 31 August 1936, Page 2

UNPREDICTABLE CAUGHEY.

LIABLE TO DO ANYTHING, j AH Black Side To Meet; Australians Reviewed i LOOSE FORWARD INCLUDED j The first question many football enthusiasts will ask them- ! selves on reading the names of | the 1936 All Blacks is; Will this j side shf;pe better than the team which toured Great Britain last j year? asks the Rugby comment- [ atop of the "Star-Sun."

As only five new men have been included, any marked difference in form can hardly be anticipated. There is this to consider, though: The new men fill vitally important positions—and should fill these well.' The five-eighths pair impress more. than any' of the pairs which played regularly together on the tour of Britain. Killeen and Griffiths, on North v. South form, compare mere than favourably with Tindall - Caughey,. Polomon-Caughey, Caughey Griffiths. KiTeen is cool and sure as well as be- j ing quick and elusive. Griffiths. As for Griffiths, he is probably the best defensive back in New Zealand. In Britain, he always appeared to lack the pace that would brand him j as a first-class attacing five-eighths; j in recent matches, however, Griffiths j has certainly shown all the speed \ needed. One Loose Specialist.

Modern Rugby calls in the forwards I for seven real scrummagers and one j loose specialist. The main point for comment to-day is that New Zealand j now has a real loose specialist, a for- j ward who is as fast, as a back and yet j can push and mix it in a line-out with j the huskiest. J. G. Rankin thorough. I ly deserves the honour of his first. I Mew Zealand cap. Similarly, ,T. M. j Watt, the Otago Varsity flyer, is sure j to justify inclusion on the wing.

[t is also to be expected that Pol- j lock will adequately fill, the bill a.jv ! full-back. His form in the North- j South match was good enough to put Mm in any international side. I

If a weakness does develop in thef All Black back-line it will. be. with J Caughey as centre t'hree-quartep; but j then again Caughey is liable to scone! ' sensationally and be the hero of the! match. One unpredictable player in) i a side does no harm usually. !