RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 4

RUGBY

METROPOLITAN UNION WANGANUI TEAMS. In connection with lower grade activities in the AVanganui Metropolitan Rugby Union to-morrow, the following will represent their respective clubs:— AVanganui and Old Boys juniors v. Turakina juniors, at AFarton Park at 1.30 p.m. (all members to assemble at Hodson’s Garage at 12.10 p.m.):— Roydhouse, Lloyd, Renshaw, Fleming, Taylor. Neilson, Hansen, Northover. Reed, Cook, Hoar, Huwvler, Stroud, Jeffs, Kitt, Blyth. Kaierau Club.— A full muster is requested of the fifths, fourths and thirds on the Intermediate School ground at 2.30 p.m. MAORIS AND SPRINGBOKS RUMOURS REGRETTED NO COLOUR BAR BY VISITORS [ Per Press Association ) AVELLINGTON. June IS. An impression has been created that members of the AFaori race will not be selected to play for the provincial or international games to be played against the South African Rugby team which wil] visit New Z'ealan 1 next .year. AFr S. S. Dean, chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union’s Management Committee, stated that this is not the position. The best teams representative of the playing strength of unions and of New Zealand will be sc’ected to play against the visitors and wil) be picked from both pakeha and Maori players. ‘‘There has never been- any suggestion that our visitors would not play against the ATaovis, and it is to be regretted such rumours were given utterance to,” said Air Dean. “The question of whether the South Africans will play a Maori fifteen or a f-om the combined universities rf Xew Zealand is a poliyy matter of the Now Zo.'Uand Union and has no.'- so far been considered by the com..-n t* pc. It 15 hoped to draw tip a draft ’tiuerarv cf the games tn be played in both Australia and New Zealand at an early date. 'The committee is o’llv waiting definite confirmation of sailing dates from and tn Ann th Africa ’’