A Big Rugby Rep Programme For Wanganui This Year
ELEVEN MATCHES, SIX AT HOME. FOUR IN S. ISLAND, ONE IN TARANAKI
The Wanganui Rugby Union iias in front of it. this year a big programme of representative matches. The tentative programme was arranged by the chairman of the Management Committee (Mr. J. Moye) in Wellington, where he is attending the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union.
In a telephone interview last night from 'Wellington. Mr. Moye stressed that the Southern tour would bring dividends next year, just as trips away last year were bringing teams from outside centres to Wanganui this season. The full list of fixtures, including the All Black trial for Wanganui, is as follows: June 7: v. Taranaki, at Wanganui. July 10: v. Manawatu, at Wanganui. July 31: v. King Country, at Wanganui. August 7: v. Horowhenua, at Wanganui. August 11: v. Canterbury, at Christchurch. August 14: v. South Canterbury, at Timaru. August 18: v. Southland, at Invercargill. August 21: v. Otago, at Dunedin (Ranfurly Shield). August 28: All, Black trial, at Wanganui. September 15: v. North Auckland, at Wanganui. September 18: v. Bush Districts, at Wanganui. September 25: v. Taranaki, at New Plymouth. Southland and South Canterbury will be touring the North Island next year and will pay Wanganui return visits.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 6 May 1948, Page 6
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