DISGRACEFUL RUGBY.
BOOTS AND FISTS FLY. LIKE A STREET BRAWL. I Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, January 19. " Rugby like a street brawl,” is the description of Saturday’s England v. Wales match, contributed by ail unnamed. hut well-known international player, to the “ Evening Standard.” He says fists were used as in a street brawl and feet as if the players themselves were the ball. A prominent Welsh unionite is quoted as saying: “It was disgraceful; it was not Rugby. There was at one time the danger of one of the captains leading his team off the field. 1 saw what can onlv he described as deliberate blows. The off-side rule was blatantly broken in the scrums by the Welsh halves. T am full of regrets at the conduct of certain individuals and at the barracking of the crowd. It is stated the English unionists discussed the matter unofficially and it will not he surprising if the Welsh Union receives a letter on the subject.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1926, Page 3
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164DISGRACEFUL RUGBY. Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1926, Page 3
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