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Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13701, 7 June 1912, Page 7

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THE RUGBY GAME

Pirates v. Kaievau on Rec. at 3 o’cloc to-morrow.

Groat interest is being taken in tin game, as it shoulA go a long way toward deciding the championship.

The Pirates have not yet been beaten biu had to forfeit to Waverley, am thus lost two points. .Knierau wont dowi before Pirates in the first round, am have since had an unbeaten run. Iho form shown by the maroons i their recent games has been very good and as they have got a fine side for to morrow’s contest, they appear to stain •a big chance of lowering the colours o the Pirates.

The blacks are, however a hard loan to beat, and though several of their bes. • overs have gone over to the Norther Union game, a tiurlv sh-ong side shook ake the field to-morrow, Tho prospect, are that the s 1 Juggle will be one of tin most even and exciting seen here for ; long time, and there will doubtless be . jig crowd to witness tho play. Tho defeat of Wanganui by Tara flak >;i Monday did not come as any surpris. to followers of Rughv here. Tho v isitin combination was a good one, both bad ;;k! forward, ai'd when thev got proper 'y into their stride the amber and black should be well up to the usual Taranak itandard.

Wanganui threw away whatove '■banco they had of winning by lettin, i'aranaki plav with tho wind in the firs ;pe!l, after the locals had won tho toss

ten they had the wind behind the lie blue backs made tho mistake o hiding the line almost invariably, in head of keeping the ball in play. The nippiness of the visiting five eighths was an object lesson to the loea men, who have had main- such lessons it the past, however, v. ithout prohtin; thereby. The Taranaki backs, with the excel) lion, perhaps, of Kivell, were a sound '•afe lot. who all knew what to do wlun thev had opportunities.

The local backs occasionally threw tin ball about well, ami with good effect hut more of these jvsuing bouts might bavc been indulged in to advantage. Anderson (wing three-quarter) playoa very fine game, and it was a pi tv b did not get more chances. Bob Meuli .in the other wing, was very solid, bn' be. too, should have had more wort, given him by the insides. The blue forwards showed a deal o’ ’•■sh in the open, but were beaten i-> possession in tae majority of tho scrums. Lvnclr was -‘tv conspicuous, ospeciall'. in the first spell .while Leahy did a In' oi good work in the second half, thong! obviously not properly fit. Caldwel irafted hard, but is rather on tiie slow side. Takarangi shone out occasionally, bid had to ease up frequently, * F. Meuli and Ouglov both did soup good work, but want to put more dasl. ■rdo their play. The team chosen to ■ isit Hawera to morrow week is a stronger one than wir 'it+ed against Taranaki on Mondav. Tip inclusion of F. Leahv, W. Dustin' (for wards) and Tilvard (five-eighths) sbonk' make a lot of difference to the side. D 'S a great pity that the best centre thiee-quarter in Wanganui (('out t ■ should be placed at full, where bis at tacking powers are lost. On the form shown this season Temuerton is quite as good as any other wing three-quarter and his inclusion would enable L. Men! ' 1 he played at full and Coutts at centre This considerable strengthen t’uattack, and without weakening the c!e lenoe.

NORTHERN I XIOX NOTES. Tlie St. John’s-Eastern games to be played on Cook’s Gardens to-morrow shiMild both. pro\o \erv interesting. The •cnior contest*, which' starts at thro > o’llock is being looked forward to with pleasurable anticipation by enthusiasts who expect to witness a very fast and .•xciting game. The rep. game—Taranaki v. Wanganui played on Cook’s Cardens last Saturday, would probably have hen a very tine one but for the un fay Durable weather and slippery state of the ground and ball The prevailing conditions were ail against fast, open play with the continual passing rushes which are such a gloat feature of the League game. Still, Tie play was always interesting, and during the last quarter of an hour quite exnilarating, several nf the passing; rushes by the local men being exciting in the extreme. The spectators wree r.o+ slow in showing their upperioation of the very attractive display given by the locals, while the visitors also came in for a fair share of applause whenever they did anything noteworthy. It was quite apparent that the crowd enjoyed the game, notwithstanding the adverse climatic conditions. Tho most prominent player of the visitora was Moir, who plaved a great game. Julian also did v dl, while Stockman’s goal kicking was first class. .A X'ew Plymouth paper in describin'' the match "With a fortnight’s i raining Taranaki would ‘put it all over’ \> angatiui.’ This may be. but it remains to he seen bow the return game the teams will lesiiU. It also ■las to be remembered that possibly tlm game would have been a very different ace .nd t.io conditions been favourab!" *e a fast, open display. It is a matter of opinion, of course, as to which side simered most bv tin- conditions expenenced on Saturday, but there arc many who think the 10-als would have woo cornfoi tabh hac the weather and ground been more suit” Mo. Wellington will evidently have a verv st'-oug League team, and will make Auckland look to her laurels when the Shield match is contested later on \c"ordiug to the thre> Wellington daiii-s Monday’s match,“took on” greatly with toe crowd, who were delighted with th ■ many brilliant passing rushes served no to them. PIRATE CLUB TEAMS. Seniors v. Kaierau, Her. No. 1, at 3 P.m.—Parrant, Brydon, Millard, Lowland Lync.i, Watts, Gillespie, Dustin, Atkins’ Temrertaa, Coutts, Glentworth, Brown’ Duff, Dustin. Juniors v. College, College Ground Is p.m—Lynch, Dowdall, Nixon, Ryan, Crutchley, Johnston, McCoimick, Goldtliorpc, McGregor, Vincent, Delaney, Ball, Boyle, Stinson, Meharry. Emergencies:’ Slig-ht and McLeod. The above players are requested to be on the grounds not later than 2.30 p.m, ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. ST. JOHN’S v. WANGANUI. The team to represent St. John’s in the above match to-morrow will be selected from the following players:—Abbott, ■titken. Crosbie, Puckridge, Murray, Cox, Dav, Totty, Dale, Cameron, Waller, Campbell, Seymour, and A. N. Otter. All players are requested to turn un earlv, as the game must start at 3 o’clock sharp.