Rugby football is generally considered a young man’s game, aiid man? are considered too okl fol* football at about 35 years of age. There is still playing in tire Hprowhenua district an Ot.iki Maori, named Utiku Hapeta, who has been playing ever since he was a small boy. He still plays an excellent game in senior footballbelter than many ofj the young qne?,. Questioned recently as to his ability to play, Utiku remarked that he thought he was good for another ten years yet. It is worthy of note that Utiki' was a grandfather many years ago. One. of his sons has played senion football for the past ten or twelve years.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4447, 31 July 1922, Page 2
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