ALL BLACKS HAVE GOOD CHANCE OF SUCCESS ON TOUR
Although no Bay of Plenty players made the final selection of the Rugby team to tour South Africa this year, the team’s progress will be watched with a considerable amount of interest by enthusiasts from this part of the country. Speculation on the possible success of the team again roused the remarks of a New Zealander who returned to Auckland last week from South Africa. He said he thought that the All Blacks stood a good chance of winning this year. He considered New Zealand superior and said there is no Bob Scott in South Africa. The potential danger lies in the’ African forwards, who are big but fast. The greatest of interest is being taken in South Africa, he added, and the Spirngboks are confident of retaining the honours. Jan Lotze, hooker for the 1937 team in New Zealand, who is now about 35, will hook for the 1949 Springboks. te} this tour the tests will take anadded importance, as far as New Zealand is concerned, anyway. After the frightful exhibition m 1937 in the last test, South Africa took the lead in the number of games won by either country and at present is ahead of the All Blacks by one win. 1928 All Blacks Now that the tour is not far away it is interesting to glance through the record of the last team to go to South Africa, the 1928 All Blacks. That combination played 32 games of which four were tests. Sixteen matches were won, five lost and one drawn. Two tests were won and two lost. It will be remembered that at that time New Zealand was playing the 2—3—2 scrum, whilLe, the Springboks had the 3—4—l, and the roving wing forward had the South Africans in trouble often. Then again, the All Black front row forwards had some battles royal after the loose head. This time forward play will be different. It is interesting to note that the Bay of Plenty had no players in either the 1905 or 28 All Blacks and had only one in the unbeaten 1924 team.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 5
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357ALL BLACKS HAVE GOOD CHANCE OF SUCCESS ON TOUR Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 5
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