ARE CHAMPIONS

NZ Truth, Issue 1239, 29 August 1929, Page 16

ARE CHAMPIONS

HankiK Shield

(Fronr "N.Z.- Truth's" < : Palmerston , y '..-:' .'North:.;Rep'.X:y : y\y AyA"

This season's;; RUgger m .the Manawatu hasy brought yhome to the Kia Toa Club} that; it Ifc'riot al-, ways the betteryiearoyon 'paper;. th'at,, annexes the champio'n^hipvyy^'yy^^v ' i AT the. beginning;- of^^e>^seasprii|^ia i Toa, wlio , had "eiglft-yM^h^^heiiua,. : three jifanawatu, orie.SßJLlltrr^ariterbury' '; and brie Taihape representative ; play- | ers m their t'ariks, were'yunfyersally. re- | garde'd as. being the ' certainty fdr; trie Harikiris' Shield. V"'..' AyA * ' '

But, 1 - as m . racing, sq m. Rugger— i there are no "sure, things;" ,?iri,d the double bl lies failed to live upyto their fans', prophesies. " 0 AAA "V\ ''V y. ;

The result was that Old Boys ' forged ahead quietly and are now four points ahead of Kia'Toa and Feilding on' the championship' iladder. . c: " ■-'; With one more match to play- {against their old rivals, Kia Tda), Old Boys are assured of= 'the seniOr.trophy, which' they ■won for* the fa&t and only -Previous' occasion m 1926 V vV'-; Vi:-y y YV

Their match against Feilding. at Feilding last week; was by^no means a- runaway 'Victory. On the .contrary, the' hjfrdrworking and quick-breaking pack of->.Felldlng 'forwards. had assist- *

Ed m enabling their backs to maintain a lead of' ll-9 until' the last minute'of the 'game;

1 The ; Feilding forwards had the whip ! hand- over their opponents m all departi ments , of .the game, and when Old Boys

succeeded ih heeling the ball, AVaugh, the • Old Boys half, had very little time to send the ball on its way. •