ALL BLACKS DEFENDED
EECENT CRITICISM
REPLY TO MR. JENKINS
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received 31st December, 2 p.m.) , LONDON, 30th December. Replying to the recent criticism mad© iii Auckland by Mr. H. E. Jenkins, exM.P. for Parnell, that the All Blacks were "pot-hunters," Mr. C. W. Packford, writing in "Sporting Life," says: "The statement is ridiculous that no joys are to bo derived from playing Bugger these days. Personally, I learned to love the New Zealanders in Palestine in war-time. They are just as concerned on the playing fields to uphold their country's prestige. Some games arc not kid-gloved, and a few isolated incidents aro inseparable in the case of such well-trained giants, yet they do nothing harmful to the best traditions of the game. To suggest otherwise is intolerable and unforgiveablc. Porter's team was a magnificent machine of sportsmen. Fancy a man like Mark Nicholla being regarded otherwise!" ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 8
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