INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RULE
OBSERVANCE PLEASES PORTER. ALL BLACK CAPTAIN IN LONDON. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 11.40 p.m. liondon, June 10. C. G. Porter, captain of the All Blacks, who is here on a lengthy business visit, is gratified that New Zealand is reverting to the international Rugby rule regarding kicking into touch, which he believes will help in the regeneration of New Zealand forward play. “We have lately deteriorated as forwards,” Porter said, “because shining individualism has developed at the expense of solid scrummaging. The international ruie ought to correct that without making the game glow.” Porter opines New Zealand will defeat the Australian tourists.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1931, Page 7
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