WAIRARAPA DEFEATED BX TARANAKI

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 194, 2 September 1937, Page 8

WAIRARAPA DEFEATED BX TARANAKI

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' mESEEfON^East Nighfe r£ftet liaving slightly ;the better of> Iwfttera throughout, the Wairapa Eugby #epreeentatives went under, 11 — 3, to the touring Taranaki combination jat ftfomorial Park this afternoom - Waira«f rspa flelded an impromptu iback division Jnrt jfehe forwards rose- to. the. occasion grandly and gave one, of the most galSent and determined jdisplays seen at the parlti Taranaki won beeause their packs wero big enough .and fast enough to taka advantage of .occasional gaps in Ihe Wairarapa defence, - I Taranaki had the better of the openIng stages, but the Wairarapa forwards poon adapted themselves to the heavy jgoing and the visitors found progress pifficnlfci Collins xepelled a hot rush by £he homesters, and the Taranaki forjwards carried on deep into Wairarapa |erritoiy, where from a line-out Amold kecured and raced through diagonaHy feor a fine try.: Eoss missed,with,thei kick. Taranaki continued to'secure tha (ball from the majority of the. scrnms, [and a timely penalty brought xelief to Wairarapa. Back came the visitors, but jPercy gained 30 yaTds with a splendid jsolo. eifort* Then the Taranaki backs Jgot under way and Smith nipped jthrough a gap in .tha defence and gave lO'Dowda a clear xun in, Eoss coni jverted, Wairarapa held almost comjplete command for the remaining ten jminutes of the speil, ■ Taranaki again found the Wairarapa jforwards tronblesome in the second spell knd eventually the defence wilted and iMcGlennand raced through and touched jdown after Smith had failed tq make contact. Ifc looked a try, but the xef eree ordered a drop-ou't.- A bright niove followed. Van. Pradgh collected a kick through. and raced to Collinsj He then ihort-punted, recovered, and went across for a good try. Henderson missed with Ihe kick. Taranaki xallied, and after a period of fluctuating play, the visitors defence was severely "fcested until Henderson missed a pot by inches. The' Taranaki backs. broke through a gap jand Eoss impxoved their position with k penalty goal. Wairarapa' had a" little (Ihe better of the closing stages.