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FOUR WAIKATO PLAYERS
IN TOURING SIDE
Waikato Times, October 7th, 1975
B. A. STEPHENS J. M. WALTERS
By Andy Quick impact when he went on as a replacement as by next season he will be living at
Four Waikato University players, G. N. first five-eighth for North Island Wellington and will be playing for Victoria
Cane, B. A. Stephens, P. A. Eggleton and J. Universities during the second half of a University.
game against the South at Palmerston
M. Walters are in the NZU Rugby team to
tour California, Ireland and Japan in February North in June. As a result he was picked marked progress in which he played for
and March. at second five-eighth for the NZU team North Island Universities, New Zealand
which beat Manawatu 19-7.
It will be centre threequarter Kane’s Under
Stephens was in the NZU team which been picked at prop
second visit to Ireland in just over a year, as toured Australia in 1973.
he was there with the All Blacks last from lock..
November. He hit very impressive form Eggleton, who has been a Waikato
against King Country and Auckland in representative loose forward for three years, under 18 captain in 1972.
Waikato’s last two representative matches in was in the New Zealand Under-21 team last
the recently completed season. year and New Zealand Under-23 this season.
Stephens, chosen as a five-eighth, was He and Stephens were the only Waikato The team is:
players in this year’s Waikato Universities
in very good club form after a late start
this season. He was not available for team. H. L. Blain (Massey), C. L. Fawcett (Otago);
representative selection but made a big Eggleton is being lost to Waikato rugby, G. D. Hart (Auckland), A. C. R. Jefferd
Bruce Stephens was a Ngaruawahia High School staff member from 1974 to 1977
