A New Zealander who has just returned from the Old Country, told a reporter of the Star that what struck him most was the purely amateur way in which the tour was being conducted. He instanced a case where the men walked two miles, and travelled third class on the Underground Railway to play the Middlesex match, returning the same day to their hotel. Expenses were being kept down, and it seemed to be a question of making money for the New Zealand Union. New Zealand is in very good odour at Home just now, more so than any other colony. The gentleman interviewed is confident our men will beat Wales. The Welsh three-quarters were as good as the New Zealand line, but their forwards could not hold a candle to the New Zealand vanguard. When he was at Home it was generally recognised the hardest game would be against Scotland.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1622, 9 December 1905, Page 3
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