MANY TRIBUTES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 284, 26 July 1932, Page 5

MANY TRIBUTES

(Press Assn.—

IHE ALL BLACKS VALUABLE ADVICE OF MR. WALLACE AS MANAGER "BLAME THE BOSS"

-By Telegrar.h— Copyright)

SYDNEY, Monday. Whije Mr. W. J. Wallace attributes New Ze.aland's success to the qualities of his men, they stated that Mr. Wallace himself was responsible j ] for the final victory over Australia. ! ! "You can blame everythmg on to I j-the boss !" said one-player. "He is a I j Wonderful manager and is responsible . for our improvement. His great knowledge of the game he passed on. He had a reinedy for every weakness." The Sydney Morning Herald commen'ts : "The New Zealand Rughy Union struck the vital first blow in the fight for the 'Ashes' when it app'ointed the famous Wallace, master playj et and master tactician, as manager j and coach of the team. which was j virtually asked to restore the old ; standard of New Zealand Rugby. W. ; J. Wallace made a great success of | his job. He had excellent forward mai terial, but a comparatively inexperi- | enced back divisioh, and he moulded j his nxen into a team which eventually 1 p'layed well enough to prove definite- ■ ly superior to the elect of Australia. The New Zealand combination developed sufficiently to teach lessons to our men. The most vital is the lesson j that f orwards, if they must have speed ■ and ability to handle, must also -do | their share of solid rucking. That was , the finest f eature of the All Black j forwards. They shone brilliantly in the opeh, but also proved magnificent 'ruckers,' often overwhelming the Australian pack after a scrum or lihe-

out and robbing the local men of the ball. Kilby gave a brilliant exhihition. McLean played right up to his reputation. Manchester also was magnificent. The five-eighths, Pollock and Page, were solid." Ball the Brlght Star The Daily Telegraph with a streamer heading "No Praise too High for the All Blacks," says: "The New Zealanders will take baclc the Bledisloe Cup and the Rugby Union 'Ashes'. but more cherished perhaps than these will be the honour accorded to the team, which rose from obscurity to attain its goal, which weathered the censure and reproof which followed quickly its initial bow, to hear itself aeclaimed in the third Test. The All Blacks' superiority is unchallenged, but had the home team made the most of its opportunities in the first half, the final rally might have had as its reward the laurels of victory. Three times in the opening half had Australia showed the polish expected of a representative side, tries should have been scored. Standing out as a bright attacking star among the New Zealand backs was Ball, the left winger. At times he made wouldbe defenders look like players of ' fourth-grade standard, so completely did hc bewilder them."