REPLACEMENTS IN RUGBY
LONDOX, Dec. 3. Rtronglv crilicising tlie refusai of lli!' English Rugbv Union authoritios to admit the pi'inciple of replacenients. Mr. Paul Irwin, the sports editor of 81111 day Express, cites ihe fact tliat Nerv Zealand admitted the priticiple in 11)32. "This kills the argunient that thc replaceiiieiit of injured men is slightly girlish and unfit for huskv he-nien," lie says. "There is uothing kid-glove aliout the Kiwi, especiallv when lie goes into a tackle. Anyone who lias seen an All Blaek (ifteen knows that a player has to he hadly inauled before he iliinks of quitting.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 December 1946, Page 5
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