Potted Comment
All Blacks in Africa ILLUMINATING PAPER CAPTIONS Convincing evidence of the intense public interest in the Rugby matches between the All Blacks and the various South African teams is furnished by the space allotted to descriptions of the games in the “Cape Times.” A potted account of the tour until June 15 is given in the following captions to accounts of the matches published in the paper: All BlacTcs at practice. A sound, iinpressive side. * * * New Zealand pack played to a standstill. Transvaal forwards the decisive factor. * * * Well and truly beaten. All Blacks baulked at own game. * * * First defeat of tour. All Blacks beaten at Newlands. Feio spectacular movements. * JjC * All Blacks’ victory at Kimberly. Back play approaches 1924 standard. Diamond cut diamond. The eight back formation. What Netv Zealand is saying. Fear that something is wrong. Is Tic, or is he not? The “ illegal ” rover: More like themselves. All Blacks' ■decisive victory at Kroonstad.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 13
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