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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 73, 17 June 1927, Page 10

Rough Rugby.—-In a Rugby match at Biarritz, on the Continent recently two doctors parked themselves on’the side-line before she match, armed with first-aid outfits. It was not i( ns l<e . fore they were wanted, either The players tore into the game in a sort of ferocious fury, and bt-fore long several of them were completely out of action. An Englishman who witnessed the game says he now understands why people on the Continent find bullfighting tame!

A Football Family.— It is worthy of note how prominently the Clan McKenzie figured in the Ran furl y Shield match. Mr. E McKenzie was sole seiector for the Wairarapa, Mr. N. McKenzie, sole selector to Hawke’s Bay; Mr. H. J. McKenzie wsu* referee; while Mr. J_ M cKenzif' stood on the line and barracked. Mrs. McKenzie, mother of this redoubtable quartette of Rugby stalwarts, was unable to make the trip .sav* the Wairarapa “News”), but r nevertheless expressed, as usual, the keenest interest in affairs Rugby. W. McKenzie (“Offside Mac”) the most famous of all the brothers, 3s in Melbourne, cir culation manager of the '’Herald.** He j has been taking a prominent part in putting the old game on the map in • the Victorian capital.