ALL BLACKS WERE “GRIM SIDE ” WHILE ON ENGLISH TOUR.
RUGBY UNION CHAIRMAN REPLIES TO VISITOR. Exception to remarks of a recent visitor from England regarding the 1924 All Blacks was taken by the president of the Canterbury Rugby Union (Mr S. F. Wilson) last night. He stated that the English visitor had written a letter to a Dominion newspaper, stating that the 1924 All Blacks were not popular in England, as they played to win. Mr Wilson contended that any representative of a country province or club who did not play to win did not deserve to be a representative. It had been said that the team were grim. “ The team certainly were grim and did not smile a great deal while playing,” said Mr Wilson, for there wasn’t much to smile at during the play. (Laughter.) The team, coiv trary to the writer’s statement, took most of the risks on the field. Oxford University, and perhaps one or two others, were the only opponents who took risks. “ However,” he added with a smile, “ I sincerely hope that the team who go •to South Africa will wear a big smile as they go on the field.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18418, 21 March 1928, Page 14
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