CLUB RUGBY’S IMPORTANCE
MR. DEAN’S VIEW CRITICISED. BACKBONE OF NEW ZEALAND GAME . The importance of. club Rugby football was stressed by Mr. O. H. Harvey, manager of the Manakau team, at the Tukapa 'dinner at New Plymouth on Saturday. He criticised the recent statement by Mr. S; S. Dean that club football came last Many of the large number present would recall the remarks of Mr. Dean when he said New Zealand football came first, representative football second and club football last. He did not agree with this, said Mr. Harvey. If .Mr. Dean’s sentiments were correct there was a poor outlook for New Zealand football. All hoped when they started to play to reach the senior team, then the representatives. Ambition then led one to the hope of All Black honours. However, very few realised this ambition, and it was club play that was the backbohe of New Zealand football.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1934, Page 7
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