MAORI RUGBY
TAIRAWHITI RETAIN PREMIERSHIP [Per United Press Association.] GISBORNE, September 13. The annual match for the Prince of Wales Cup, the premier trophy of Maori Rugby in_ New Zealand, was played at Ruatoria (East Coast) yesterday between a team representing the Hawke’s Bay, Poverty Bay, and East Coast district, known as Tairawhiti, and a team representing Auckland, North Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and the King Country, known as Tai Tokerau. The match resulted in a win for the holders Tairawhiti, by 22 points to 14. The ground was in good order, arid there was a very large attendance. The Tai Tokerau forwards won the majority of the scrums, and the backs got away frequently, hut the inside backs did not have the polish of the Tairawhiti men. Panapa half), Brown (wing three-quarter), and White, Woroley, and Nathan were the most prominent for Tai Tokerau, and Pepero (centre), Jackson (full-back), and Rogers and Lockwood were the most outstanding for Tairawhiti, Jackson’s line kicking being a feature of the game. ' "
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Evening Star, Issue 22443, 14 September 1936, Page 5
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170MAORI RUGBY Evening Star, Issue 22443, 14 September 1936, Page 5
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