Rugby Football.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 104, 28 June 1902, Page 5

Rugby Football.

Carey (^promoted horn the jumois through Kember's absence) played light up to senior form. Rice, the new man in the Wellington pack, is a fine stamp of a foiwaid, and one who knows how to bung a man down if he gerts his hands on him. WaJsh uses his weight to advantage 111 the pivot, and is spoken well of bv his mates, which is a sure sign that he does his share of the haul '"raft McMmn, McLachlan and A Wilson were the best of the lemainma; foiwards, who, b;\ the w a-\ , all peifoimecl ci editably * • If eveivbody gets hi- due when the lepiesentative team is being picked, Slater will be placed full-back His di*-

plays in this position have been consistenly good tJhroughout the season, and last Saturday's play was no exception to the rule. Manning spoils an otherwise good game by looking for someone to bump, even after he loses the ball. Through this one faihncr, his otherwise solid work is sometimes overlooked by tho-se w atohing him "lay. Wallace and Roberts still keep their ends up m the workmanlike style they have been showing ever since the season opened, and eveiything points to "Cocky" having another opportunity of ta-vmp his luck on the Auckland arena. Slattery scored the try for Poneke in capital style — but, goneiallv spe^km"

"Charley's" reversal of form from last season is a mystery. O'Connell is the weak member in the Poneke rearguard. He was a good man once, but his day has gone by. The first man picked when the selector starts to work on the Wellington repiesentatdve team." Such is the general opinion of Mann's wing-for-wai d tv ork He does not exhibit the obnoxious bustle which marks so many wing-foi wards, and clever foot-work and general fairplay are the predominant featmes in his method of playing the game. Sweeney, D. Wilson, Mcßae, and Sterling are all a fine stamp of presentday forwards — medium weight, fast in the oven, and clever on the line-out.