RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 90, 3 May 1937, Page 9

RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Points in Saturday's Games INCIDENTS IN THE PLAY ' 'They're weli plastered up already," commented a spectator as Hastings Old Boys filed out on the ground, as he noted that many of the members had pieces oi sticking-plaster on view, It took a pretty big plaster 90 minutes later to take the sting out of the Maoris' conquest of them. f * « The Maoris certainly know all about "On the ball", * " * • Havelock , North spoil a good scrum by screwing. The packing of the scriims ih this gattie was poor, # # # Kurupo, second fire-eighths • for M.A.C. , was responsible for several fine piercing runs. He made a big difference to the Maoris rearguard. # * # Mick Eelly was- noticed in the Celtic pack, . but he did not produce that usual dominance in the line-out. * # # Ford, the former Soutlilander, struck form on Saturday and scored a fine try for Hastings Old Boys against M.A.O. * * P Tomoana, Celtic half, was not happy against Technical, but Halligan, did more than one man's share to make up for the deficieney. o # o As a sighter Selwyn Jackson took a penalty goal, and it traced a parobola, but after this fiasco he was in great form with his kicking, oonverting all six of the M.A.C. tries. * * * The M.A.C, backs jvent exceptionally well against Hastings Old Boys, the whole line being prominent as a division and also individually. # * a 1 Hook, line and sinker aptly describes the manner in which J» O'Brien took a "dummy" from L. Clothier. Hawke's Bay representative forwards are expected to be at least "dummy" proof. © # Herbert, Technical winger, doee not get many chanees, but makes the most of those that come his way. He scored two tries on Saturday and both were good efforts, # i # Kick and follovv-up was the prccedure adopted mostly by Hastings and Havelock North in their game. The forwards outshone the backs when it came to passing. © # # It was bad luck for Jack Davis, the Havelock half-back, that he should collide with one of his own side and suffer a broken nose. After all Jack has fought many great fights in the local ring as an amateur without getting a broken nose. m m • Tlie Wairarapa five-edglits. and 1935 All Black trials representative, R. R. Devine, turned out for Hastings Old Boys against M.A.C. on Saturday. He played centre and for a "pipe-opener" shaped well. # • • For about 20 minutes Tori Reid, the All Black, was seen in an unusual role i'or M.A.C. against Hastings Old Boys. An injury necessitated th© retirement of Le Bas at centre and Tori came out of the pack and fiiled the vacancy. # # * Technical were without the services of Dalton and Bowman, and Brooks came . into prominence, but the rearguard did most things wrong, and their balloon passing was truly awful — snappy passing looks better. # # # The score in favour- of Marist in their match with Napier H.S.O.B. rather flattered the Greens, who were not an eleven-point better Side on tlie day. # # • Celtic were out oi luck against Technical O.B., as very early they lost Latirie Hannigan with a gash over the left eye, and a little later Joe Mataira was "out" on his feet. Joe did not resume after the lemons. * * 9 White, the new Marist winger, quickly caught the eye of the 'crowd at McLean Park with his straight running and when he intercepted in his own 25 the stand rode , him all the way to the goal-line. 9 9 9 An early try by Technical O.B. between the goal posts was a great ecort, Bob Johnson being the instigator and also the scorer. Bob got another later on and must now be the season's most prolfic try-getter.

w w w ' 1 Chum ' ' Ireland could not go the pace in the second half of the Marist—* Napier H.S.O.B. tussle, and he was late for serums and line-outs; in fact, he only caught up when there was a halt for ambulance attention. 9 9 9 O'Rourke, down from the high couutry, had his first game as a senior for Napier Old Boys and marked the flyer White. He got plenty of practice in the taekling line, of which he tried a great variety of the neck-to-knee. type. O'Rourke is a promising winger. #99 Arthur Walford scored a brilliant. try when he darted through the Old Boys forwards, brushed past McCarthy and Palmer to deposit the ball near the posts. He is a very dctermined runner and once under way takes a lot of stopping. « # 9 Fancy a place-kick artist taking the kick from a try between the props, 28 yards back. Rossitter, Technical O.B., did this on Saturday. He 'missed and then Bill Johnson made the same error, and he missed too. 9 9 9 Griffen, Marist forward, was in everything on Saturday, including three disturbarices with opposing players. He, with Bishop (Napier H.S.O.B.), were . the best forwards in the main attraction on McLean Park. 9 9 9 A very fine movement was instigated by Apsey, in the Hastings Old BoysM.A.C. game. Collecting tlie ball inside his own quarterway Apsey whipped a lightening-iike infield pass to McI Carthy, who raced to the half way, [kicked acroaa for Pglmdr to field and

he carried on with the forwards, but just near the line the movement broke down. In the ensuing struggle Old Boys, however, were rewarded with a free kick and McCarthy secured tnree points. 9.9 9 As we prcdicted early in the season, Hargreaves (Marist) is developing into a splendid forward, and can he kick goals? On Saturday he landed a fino iong-yange penalty. ,