RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 173, 9 August 1937, Page 15

RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Points in Saturday's Game: Hastings H.S.O.B. began in greai etyle against Pirates; a spirited passing bout saw all the Blue backs kandle for Lowe to go over wide out. This effort was altogether too classy for the Buccaneers. . • • • Hastings H.S.O.B. and Pirates eup plied the main attraction at McLeai Park, and when the teams lined oul fhere were exactly 38"bccupants of tht grandstand, and on No. 2, there were 10 '• # • Pirates took the field against Hastings Old, Bo.ys with. but 14 nxen, and. when a man was lost through injury carried on With 13. In spite of this handicap, they enjoyed a territoriaJ advantage throughout the game. • , * • The dive pass has arrived. Danie Craven would have turned green with envy could he have. seen Ashman Hastings Old Boys' half -back, oparauing this move. , • • V "Are you going to telephone himl" asked a Pirata of a Hastings Old Boys forward wiio, in attemptxng a high tackle, had toru tho nuinber complotciy oif Wolstenholme's jersey. • m » Tlie, tackling by the Wellington reps. against the idpringboks was indee.d woefui. Robust tackling- would have eut the score in haif. m # # Tho Springboks amazed Wellingtonians by passing in their own tweutyiive; anu .wHen de "Villiers passed to wing, three-quarter Turner the latter raced away in a glorioiis run that eilimiuated with Wiiliams on the other ond of the throe-qiiarters line scoring. e # • We know that Alan Hansen, early this winter a Marist piayer, ie fast, but against the Springboks iie appeared by comparison to have leaden feet. « « « Doug. Dalton was a very busy workor dashing style and then cteated a sensation by converting two tries. e • * MeCarthy, Hastings Old Bpys fullback, has kicked sonxe wonderful goals on McLean Park, but none better than last Saturday's, which was successful from 65 yards out and just cleared » the bar. » •# # Herbert, Tecli. winger, liad some good sprinting practice when he bqlted 75 yards to score a good try against Hastings. • " • * Cook? Hastings, nonplussed Tech. when early in the second spell he went away to open the scoring for the Yellows. • • • Dyer, Hastings, rep. full-back, landed three good goals against Tecii. It is a wouder he is not tried at this job in tho rep, matches. • • • Lotz, Springbok hooker, completely paralysed Lambourn, Wellington, on Saturday in the art of raking. Looks lilce Dalton for the job next Saturday. # • • Marist Scorned the community dressing-sheds at Nelson Park on Saturday and arrived on the playingarea Hke representatives, havingchanged at an hotel. Their frlends, Napier Old Boys, "piped them off, too, and the barracking prompted one Marist supporter to announce: ''We are somebody. We're the champions," and, though ho was a little premature in the claim, events justified his boast. • • • The first spell saw M.A.C. suffer to a surprising degree from free kieke. Only two out of a dozen awards f avoured them. • ■ ♦. • Territorially M.A.C. had alightly the better of the .game with Marist, but they wore not a's well-oquipped all round aa their opponon'ts. "• • • Where Marist had the edge on M.A.C. was Ih the rearguar.d. Both packs were excellent and as evenly matched as it was possible for them to be. There was a big difference between the rearguards, however, the more consistent and better attacking Marist backs tilting the scales justifiably in their favour. • • » Tori Reid came right back into form and produced one of his best games of the season against Marist. He was once more the leader of the Maori pack. • * 4 All the points in the M.A.C. v. Marist game were scored by fotwards, except for S. Jackson '« conversion. » • • Jack O'Brien, Hardgrave, Sorenson and Armstrong were the "big" men in the Marist pack. • * ■ The ex-North Auckland Maori, winger, W. Davis, was primarily responsible for the winning try for Marist against M.A.C. It was a nicely-placed crossfield kick that he gdve his forwards to follow-up. • * # Both Si Jackson and M. Hannan, the full-backs, deserve ruention for their splendid work in tho championship final. • # • Napibr Old Boys backs were in form wi-th their passing bouts, though the Viliagers were great spoilers. # • * Marr^ Napier Qld Boys aecond iiveeighths, scored two good tries. He was right on tho ball all tho time. 4 4 4 The main feature of the championship final. was the determined tackling of both Marist dnd M.A.C. It was a hard afternoon 's work for all conccrned, for there "wero no half-mcasures about the tackling.