WANGANUI GAME HARD
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WANGANUI, August 30. The report from Syilney about rough pia v 111 the ganie at WangsmuL between ihe' Austraiians and the combined Waiigaiiui-Mauawatu team, canie as a surprise to nnuiy. ''I took a very close interest 111 the play in tliat ma'tch aud only saw oue exh'ibition of wliat you could call loss o i* temper, and it was all over iu a flash, just oue of those little thing:that do happen, " said Mr. Arthui Weekes, former Canterbury representalive aml internatioiial ref'eree, when asked to comiuent 011 the i'orward play 111 Wednesday 's match. ' ■ D011 't tlie Austraiians know that Rugby niust be played hani, and that iueu musi be lit ? 1 think any report that there was dirty play in that match should be denied right away am. entirelv. It was a close, hani ganie. " -Mr. Weekes added that at the dinnei at niglit he had mentioned one aspect of the play which the Austraiians might have to face up to under a stricter ref'eree. That was the puttm^ of tlie ball into the scnimmage. Tlu bali, he said, should not be put in whei. the scruins were 011 an angle. The visitors would meet trouble if they persisted in tliat.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1946, Page 5
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