RUGBY FOOTBALL
ALT. BLACKS’ TOUR
THE TEST MATCHES
Scotliamd s claim tfo supremacy in Riigiby in the Northern Hcnuilsphere is so well founded on last .season’s form that ,the match against New Zealand recently—the first between these countries for t(h ; irt'y years—has a double sigmlficainfee. If .tho New Zealanders can win or remain within a few pointe of their opponents’ score, they .are abruost assured; of success in the remaining international games. The Scottish opposition cannot be und'eurajtfed, but if New Zealand can hold the forwards her backs can be relied upon to win the game. The prospects lare 'bright, for if the All Blacks have taken longer to play themsefllves into form t/lian any previous team, they have also learned more about that greatest obstacle to Now •Zealand fiorwalgds—the Jthre<e-ffr<onted scrum as British referees require it to be played.—Christchurch Star.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 276, 27 November 1935, Page 6
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