DELIBERATE SHUFFLING
IF tlie British Government treated its Dominions with such scant * consideration as the International Rugby Board does its affiliated unions overseas, it would be only a matter of time before the Empire broke up. For years past, the Dominions have been asking for a voice in the control of the game, to which they are rightly entitled. Scotland and Ireland, are said to he antagonistic to the Dominions being represented on an Imperial Rugby Board. The English Rugby Union counsels patience. It has been urbanely counselling patience for the last ten years. There is a limit to that sort of patience. One of these days, the breaking-point will be reached. TJie latest pronouncement of the International Board is that if the Dominions go back to the old rules, the question of establishing an advisory board may be considered. The Auckland Rugby Union, in company with the other provincial unions, will have this cleverly-worded resolution before it in due course. It is reported from "Wellington that the N.Z.R.F.U. views it as “a distinct snub.” It is all that, and more. New Zealand should make it clear that it is.tired of the deliberate shuffling of the board.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 839, 6 December 1929, Page 7
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197DELIBERATE SHUFFLING Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 839, 6 December 1929, Page 7
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