EIGHT FORWARDS
All Blacks’ Formation
TEAM AGAINST TRANSVAAL
McWilliams Only Aucklander
IN to-day’s match against Transvaal the All Blacks are again fielding three front-rankers, and are dispensing with the rover. The team as at Kimberley has been substantially changed. ( United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright)
Heed. 9.5 a.m. JOHANNESBURG, Frl. The teams for the match are: NEW ZEALAND Lindsay. Grenstde. Carleton. Robilliard. Johnson. Nicholls. Kilby. Ward. Swain. Burrows. M. Brownlie. C. Brownlie. Finlayson. McWilliams. Stewart. TRANSVAAL Richter. pHnsloo. Dobie. Raath. Liebenberg. Cevine. Kotze. Kruger. Mortimer. Gee re. Oliver. Pretorius. Van Druten. Botha. Nykamp. The tactics of the New Zealanders have again been changed. Nicholls will play first five-eighth, and Johnson second. The scrum will pack three, four, and pne, doing away with the rover. Public feeling and the opinion of the pewspapers is that the Transvaal will tvin. The All Black team as chosen is fit, all showing much improved form, and confident of a win. A record crowd for South Africa is Expected. Elaborate preparations have been made at Ellis Park.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 376, 9 June 1928, Page 1
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170EIGHT FORWARDS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 376, 9 June 1928, Page 1
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