Tour damage $4
Damage done to hotels by! the All Blacks on last year’s tour of Britain amounted to $4, said the tour manager, Mr Russell Thomas. In a verbal report on the tour, Mr Thomas said the fact that the only damage had been to a light accidentally knocked over spoke highly of the responsible attitude adopted by the side. "Members of the team visited every school they were asked to visit and I am
/1 positive their achievements 5 both on and off the field will ) set a guideline for future . teams,” Mr Thomas said. He paid tribute to the > coach, Mr Jack Gleeson, who ■ had turned an average team ■ into a great team, and to the ■ captain, Graham Mourie. : who left his mark in the : United Kingdom as a worthy . skipper who Mr Thomas hoped would be available to ■ New Zealand rugby for i many years.
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Press, 20 April 1979, Page 26
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149Tour damage $4 Press, 20 April 1979, Page 26
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