FOOTBALL.
There is a good prospect of a com- '♦ bined American Universities Rugby football team visiting New Zealand early in the approaching season. The athletic faculty of the Stanford University approached the New Zealand Rugby Union through the Exhibition authorities, with the result that the Union offered to guarantee £I,OOO towards the expenses of a team of 25 players. The total expenses of the tour are estimated at about £2,000, and the New Zealand Union is guaranteeing half. The dates which have been tentatively fixed for matches are as follow : Auckland, April 13th; Napier, April 17th; Wellington, April 20th; another, April 24th; Christchurch, April 27th; Invercargill, May Ist; Dunedin.May 4th; Palmerston North, May Bth; Wanganui, May 11th; New Plymouth, May 15th. The trip, so far as the American players are concerned, is largely for the purpose of learning the Rugby game.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8366, 23 February 1907, Page 6
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141FOOTBALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8366, 23 February 1907, Page 6
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