RUGBY FOOTBALL
ALTERNATIVES TO FIJIAN TOUR. (By Telegraph—Press Association ) WELLINGTON. This Day. After discussion in committee on the circumstances causing the Fijian Rugby Union to cancel its tour of New Zealand, the New Zealand Rugby Council, at its meeting in Wellington yesterday, decided to accept the cancellation. To replace the cancelled Fijian tour, it was decided to refer to the executive for consideration the following alternatives: (a) That a Maori team take up the tour; (b) that a minor unions team take up the tour: (c) that the tour be shared by a Maori team and a minor unions’ team. It was decided that the minor unions' team would be picked from the following unions:—North Island: North Auckland. Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty, King Country, Horowhenua, East Coast, Poverty Bay, Bush Districts. South Island: Seddon Shield districts. Ashburton, North Otago.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1939, Page 9
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140RUGBY FOOTBALL Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1939, Page 9
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