ALL BLACK TEAM

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)

ALL BLACK TEAM

BILL CERUTTI’S OPINION “DREADNOUGHT” FORWARDS THE COMING OF THE SPRINGBOKS New Zealanders, who have been inclined to dread the coming of the Springboks, have been appreciably heartened by observations made by Mr. W. H. Cerutti, who was in South Africa with the Wallabies, and played for Australia in New Zealand this year, comments the Rand Daily Mail. This is what he had to say to Maoriland: “It seems to me that your standard of play now is as good in most respects as before, but perhaps you have not got the same star players at tne moment like Bert Cooke and Mark Nicholls among the backs and Maurice Brownlee and Jock Richardson in the forwards. “But you are bringing on a rather different type of forward, what you might call the speedy, dreadnought class. They are the type you want, in my opinion, to meet the Springboks.

“You have to keep the Springboks running, as we found in South Africa in 1933. There we won the ball in the scrums and line-outs and had them chasing us in the open, although we were lighter than they were. v “Judging by what we saw oii our tour of Africa, it seems that the public of New Zealand will see some wonderful games when the Springboks come next year. The games will probably be very close and hard, and it is difficult to say who will win. “But with the standard what it is, there is no need for the All Blacks to go on the field feeling that the Springboks are too good for them. We cannot teach you much about forward play, but we can show you a point or two in line-out work.” All Blacks’ Test Results. Since their visit to South Africa in 1928, the All Blacks have played nineteen internationals of which they have won 10, drawn one and lost eight. In the year following the South African tour only five of the New Zealand team were available for the trip to Australia—B. A. Greenside, S. R. Carleton, H. T. Lilburne, W. C. Dailey, and R. G. McWilliams (the only forward). On the other hand, the 1929 side included G. Nepia and C. G. Porter of the 1924 “Invincibles” in Britain, C. J. Oliver and A. Mahoney, the latter being among he men who toured Britain last season. The Test record is as under:— 1929, played Australia at Sydney, lost B—9. 1929, played Australia at Brisbane, lost 9—17. 1929, played Australia at Sydney, lost 13—15. 1930, played Britain at Dunedin, lost 3—6. 1930, played Britain at Christchurch won 13—10. 1930, played Britain at Auckland, won 15—10. 1930, played Britain at Wellington, won 22—8. 1931, played Australia at Auckland, won 20—13. 1932, played Australia at Sydney, lost 17—22. 1932, played Australia at Brisbane, won 21—3. 1932, played Australia at Sydney, won 21—13. 1934, played Australia at Sydney, drew 3—3. 1934, played Australia at Sydney, lost 11—25. 1935, played Scotland at MurrayHeld, won 18—8. 1935, played Ireland at Dublin, wo.n 17—9. 1935, played Wales at Cardiff, lost 12—13. 1935, played England at Twickenham, lost o—l 3.0—13. 1936, played Australia at Wellington, won 11—6. 1936, played Australia at Dunedin, won 38—13.