RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 9, 8 December 1926, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

MEETING OF NEW ZEALAND UNION. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 7. At a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Rugby Union the New South Wales Rugby Union advised that it was desirable that a conference between representatives of their union and the. New Zealand Council should be arranged at Sydney with as little delay as possible. In view of the intended visit of the New South Wales representative team to the British Isles next year the question of sending a team to New Zealand’, as provided for in the agreement between the two unions, appeared to be a matter meriting immediate consideration: also the matter that a New- Zealand team to visit South Africa in 1928 might play New South Wales on the way over, and the long-contemplated visit of the French team, both of which required some definite information. The council decided to appoint a representative at a later date. The Waikato Rugby Union forwarded a request that a board be set up to inquire into the question of dividing the present Waikato Union into two unions. It was felt that the present position was not in the best interests of football in Hamilton or in the Waikato generally. It "was decided that a member of the New Zealand Council should attend a conference between representatives of the Waikato and Hamilton Unions to consider the matter.