ALL BLACKS’ TOUR.
LONDON PRESS COMMENT. ATTACK NOT JUSTIFIED. nepia and the league. By Telegiapli.—Press Asm.— . r , ~ , London, Dec. 1.5. The Rugby expert of she Times <fe. ,71 S C f rtain criticisms of th. All Blacks as ill-informed aud spiteful. It is rather ironical, lie says, that the activities of the referee at Saturday’s match have been seized on by the less generous and more parochial minded df the critics of the All Blacks as a further proof that tlie 'basis of their play is deliberate foul tactics, r -Most teams, he declares, have playere who are apt to lose their heads, but to those who have watched the All Blacks in most of their matches anything more monstrous, or rather ludicrous, eaa hardly be imagined.
. T J; e ; whle tic News says the true story of Nepia and the Rugby League is that an intermediary acting on behalf of several League clubs asked Nepia’s terms. Nepia’s quotation, serious or otherwwe was iil.WO. Needless to say, negotiations were not entered upon. The Athletic News adds that it believes only once has £lOOO bonus been paid for a transfer, but, apart from any monetary consideration, th. situation is Still governed ;by the fact tiiat no New Zealand player of either code ban plav rugby League football in England until iu«.XaX P,CteJ ‘"' U
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1924, Page 7
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222ALL BLACKS’ TOUR. Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1924, Page 7
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