FULLER HAS DAY OFF

NZ Truth, Issue 1294, 2 October 1930, Page 17

FULLER HAS DAY OFF

■Left His Kidcmg^bc)pt I Behind • H^rom ''N.Z. Truth's" Wairarapa Rep.) Js a long time since a Wairarapa • Rugby rep. fifteen put up such a poor as they did m their mates' Taranaki last week ; • Twenty points, to eikht— five tries' to ■■one — was the tally, and on the run of the the greens Were a bit lucky, that the against .wasn't larger. ; . It' was. spmef-slight consolation to' Waisupporters ;to reflect that back forward- the. greens "were much, below real strength. Strihgfellow has been of the game since his injury m the against Cartertoh, and 'other backs ■pho failed to take the field against Tarawere Jury,. Corkill and; Fitzgerald. Harvey. S. Reid and- Best Jeft a- big gap m the. selected forward division, which.- has been much., below thestrength of recent, years since Bill <■ Irvine, Seymour VVHloughby, Reside, and Johnny Walker dropped but -and left the rep. team to complete the tatter end of Its programme, with a ■■ practically new pack. In the game against Taranaki, K. Reid* Fa^irbrother and McGregor were the only survivors of the strong pack' of for- ■■ wards which Wairarapa was able to put m the. field at the beginning of the season; H In ;the backs, ' Taranaki 's strength- was ■knot so ;niarked as Wairarapa's weakness. rearguards/ favored the open" game, ■Vbut -while i Taranaki had the , necessary ■ combination to occasionally finish off chances, the weak links, m the Wal-' l arapa chain were always apparent; H .It was' the Wellington, match over ■[ Strain, Wairarapa going down because of ■j their failure , m team work. ,•"'■•'■'" Hart and Roach were the only two Wairarapa backs to. show their true form, Hi and did much to save the greens from a ■■more severe thrashing. . .