ROUGH RUGBY.
FREE FIGHT AT NIREAIIA.
POLICE INTERVENE. MASTERTON, August 23. Some of the players in the final match for the Bush Rugby Union’s* Cowan Cup at Nitoaha on Saturday, between Southern United seniors and Mqngatainoka, must have been inoculated with the germ which " as in evidence at the Ranfurly Shield match at Solway last month. The first half of the game* was marked by a continual indulgence, in fisticuffs. Mauling and “scragging” were common, and uppercuts and “language” were much in evidence. Several players were cautioned, and one of two players who started to “mix” it early in the game was ordered off in the second spell.
The game eventually developed into a free fight, and the police interfered, after which matters improved, though fighting still occurred at intervals.
The referee lost control of the game, so that it became a disgraceful exhibition of Rugby, even for the Bush, where play is never gentle.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5169, 24 August 1927, Page 2
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155ROUGH RUGBY. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5169, 24 August 1927, Page 2
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