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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 2, No. 10. June 14, 1939

Some Faults

Some Faults.

The team must learn not to hesitate when rush-stopping and greater attention must be paid to backing up. There is a tendency to stand off and see what one man can do against the whole of the opposing team. The half-back and inside backs must be given greater protection from opposing forwards. Game as he is, Carey cannot be expected to get the ball out if he Is swamped by quick-breaking forwards. The remaining games are against [unclear: stiffer] opposition and attention to these fundamental details will be Imperative.

Coach Fred. Macken is doing great work and through his own keenness has filled the team with enthusiasm. He deserves commiseration, too, for the continual strain he suffers on the sideline. It has been estimated that the "Varsity loaf" in which the team indulges in the second spell when leading comfortably has cost him many years of life.