KIWI RUGBY TOUR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 55, 7 March 1946, Page 6

KIWI RUGBY TOUR

“SPORTING SUCCESS” RUGBY CRITIC’S VIEWS London, March 5. "The tour of the New Zealand Army team, now completed in Britain, was a real sporting success,” says "The Times” special correspondent. “The Kiwis set out to help British Rugby, and did so, as players of attractive Rugby anfi as magnets wherever they appeared. Their record, in statistics, would not. have disgraced the official All Blacks. They played 27 games, won 23, drew two,' and lost two. Points for were 484 and against 141. I “If only," says lhe correspondent, j “their fluid penetration and conception of the passing game could have influenced British Rugby a little more!” The correspondent praises the Kiwi backs and forwards for combination and foi’ their open play. He especially praises the full-backs, Scott and Cook, whose kicking converted 55 of the Kiwis’ 98 tries and also scored 72 penalty points. The Kiwis are expected to play in Australia on the way home, but first have to tour France, and hope to enter the Middlesex seven-a-side tournament at the close of the English season.