THE RUGBY CODE

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 118, 13 May 1932, Page 7

THE RUGBY CODE

DOMINION SIDELIGHTS ALL BLACKS AS COACHES Vic Badcley, who went over to New South Wales with the 1922 All Blacks is training Technical Old. Boys in Auckland this year. Viv Wilson (1920 All Blacks in Australia) is in charge of College Rifles along with Dick Fogarty (New Zealand representative, 1921, against tho Springboks). Swin Hadley, besides being skipper is Marist Old Boys’ coach. B. P. Palmer, a New Zealand hooker in 1928 and 1929, will play for Otahuhu (promoted to full senior status), and as one of the selectors he is sure to be prominent in the coaching of the red-and-blacks. George Nicholson (.1903-4-5-7 All Blacks) is handling h.is old team, Ponsonby, again.

Zingari-Richmond, the • old “diehards” of Otago Rugby, who beat Union by 30 points to 3 arc coached by H. G. Munro, the former Canterbury and. Otago forward, who toured England with the .1924 All Blacks. Christchurch Star. NOTES IN PASSING It is stated that, though W. A. Strang, the All Black five-eighths, has retired following on his recent marriage, there is every likelihood of his assisting South Canterbury in its endeavour to lift the Ranfurly Shield from Canterbury this year in the first challenge match of the season. H. W. Brown, the 1924 Al] Black,, who retired at the end of tho season before last, is expected to play again this winter. Brown was nineteen when he got his chance with Porter’s team, and, as he is now only twenty-six there should, be plenty of football left in him. There will he only two All Black selectors this year, a big change from tho “squad” committee system of a few years ago, a system that was unwieldy, expensive and crude, states a “Christchurch Star” scribe. Alec M’Donald and Ted M’Kenzie should bo | able to sort out the right men if they keep their eyes open and shut out parochialism. Never kick and so lose possession except in your own twenty-five. This is an old Rugby axiom that, while not meant to be a hard and fast rule, is a decidedly good one to follow. One of the outstanding forwards in the Ponoke (Wellington) side during the past two,|Saturdays has been a promoted junior named Ross. As a. hack rank scrummager, Ross has been the host seen on Athletic Park so far this season, and he has great possibilities ofdeveloping into a. top-notch player. Besides handling the hall like a hack and always being in the van in rushes, Ross is more than a useful attacking kick and invariably he saves his teammates by well-judged kicks where other forwards would have their packmen running all over the field. A GREAT ENGLISH PLAYER C. D. Aarvold. as a wing threequarter, is reported to have played one of his best, games in that position for England in the recent international Rugby match with Scotland. He scored two of England’s four tries, one of them by sheer resolution that made half a chance into a full one. Aarvold. who was captain of the British foam in three of its four tests with New Zealand in 1939, captained England. England Avon by 16 points to 3. THE “FUTEBALLER” An entry in a directory has puzzled the friends of a well-known member of the Manchester City Football Club, one of whom questioned the player (says a Manchester paper). The player explained that a. canvasser had called upon him and he had given him all the details. “And what, did you say you were?” he was asked. The player in his broadest. Scotch accent, replied “I told his I was a futeballer.” “Ah! that explains it. You’re described as a 'fruit-boiler,,’ ’■’ replied his friend. BRITISH RUGBY IN U..S.A. Rugby football of the British type is progressing so well in the eastern parts of the United States of America that hopes ar? entertained, there that the Rugby Union of England may be induced, to send a team across next year.