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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1985 head-on Don't cry for us, best be broken down through overseas sporting contacts. The standard public line from the Rngby player is that sport aad politics doat mix and that South Africa has wonderful cricketers aad players and it is a tragedy that we cant play them on a national level. Other standard Rngby person lines are: "What would yon do to change it? Why should we teU them how to ran their country? Why should it be sportsmea who bear the brunt? "It doesat make any difference aayway. If we were serious we would impose trade baas. Do yon think a black South African would rather live in South Africa or in Uganda? I know which I would choose." Such standard rhetoric often sounds a little hollow, as if the person making such comments was trying to take a reasonable semi-politically correct line.

But deep down yon get the feeling that many Really. Sounded like that to me. "No, no, no. What I am saying is that some of them are very nice (make nice lampshades) and apartheid is wrong. Bat they are coons, and some of them don't deserve anything Mate, I'm aot saying they are all bad.

If I met aa educated Negro I would not think he was any better or wo rse than me. "But if he is one of those guys who hangs around the streets, dirty aad smelly Those people are like blowflies. They belong ia the gutter aad deserve to be kicked in the guts Bat I suppose yon have many white people who are bad too." Obviously, I am aot suggesting that this ex-player's views represent the majority of Rngby people well, not entirely. There are many people, including Tony Greig, the Sonth African-born former England cricket captain bow living in Australia, who argue that apartheid is wrong and that it can The baa on South Africa has never really sat well with the Rugby world. Last year two Rngby officials, Bruce Cousens and Bob Templet on, the Queensland coach, weat to South Africa.

At a recent Rngby dinner ia Caaberra one ex-player was somewhat less subtle about expressing his views. "What's wrong with apartheid? I have worked with coons a pejorative term for black people and they are different," he said. "I am aot saying they are any better or worse than me just different aad they should be treated differently. "If it was aot for apartheid they would be still ia the trees eating fish. They would aot be able to read or write.

Perhaps they belong in the trees." Is it that simple? "Yes. Without the whites they would be a lost cause. Just look at some of the black African nations. They are a mess They don't 44 InMI. erameat has saM that Australian sporting teams should not go to South Africa aad the Australian Rngby Unioa is not about to bock the system ia a hurry.

"We have aot chaaged oar position ia the last decade," Mr John Dedrick, executive director of the Australian Rngby Unioa, said. uWe abide by the Government's policy but don't necessarily agree with H. We make ao more comments other than that." Yob don't have to have studied literature for 10 years at Sydney University to pick the sab text ia the above comments. pays Ever slice the split with the Rugby League ia 1908 Rugby Unioa has been' la the bauds of conservative establishment figures. Rngby Unioa people, from Australian coach Alaa Joaes down, tead to be the.

BHBt unastuunedly conservative ia the nation. Their political views tead to be more closely aligned with Ronald Reagan and his gallant efforts to maintain the supremacy of the free white world, than with those who regard themselves as carrying the fight against tyranny aad oppression. Yet it is Rngby people, with the almost equally conservative cricketers, who are the vehicle through which Australia expresses its opposition to apartheid ia South Africa. In North America opposition has been expressed at the university level. Many universities have divested themselves of all economic links with South Africa.

In Australia the Federal Gov- By MIKE COWARD MANCHESTER, Thursday: An inexplicable and unforgivea-ble lapse by Allan Border plunged Australia into a deep depression against England in the fourth cricket Test on the first day at Old Trafford today. Border, having made just eight, crudely advanced at off-spinner Phil Edmonds and made a swipe more in keeping with the actions of a sore-headed bear than a Bradmanesque figure. Wicket-keeper Paul Downton managed to conceal his astonishment long enough to remove the bails and win an immediate response from umpire Daivd Shepherd to his emphatic appeal. Border's blood rush was totally out of character, and the crowd of more than 18,000 was stunned as they watched him, head, bowed, return to the pavilion. And only moments later, the Englishmen had cause to again embrace Edmonds, who deceived Greg Ritchie in flight and held a simple return catch to leave Australia staggering at 4-122 in the 40th over, To his undying credit, David IBorder swipe i Rngby people regard Sonth Africans as kindred white spirits in the southern hemisphere and we should be supporting tbem ia a world threatened by black, yellow aad red hordes.

For many the plight of black Africans does not seem as important as their sport (Rugby should be the winner nt all costs) because "they are only black fellas aad probably commies to Before the Fijian game ia Canberra one Rngby supporter was asked if he was going to the game. His reply: "I am going to make sure these black fellas behave." When the Springboks were last ia New Zealand a joke weat round the Rugby world. Why was it that the Springboks took so long to check into their hotels? Answer: Errol Tobias (the only black player in the team) could carry only two bags at a time. The joke always got a laugh. Continued Page 24 Picture by PETER MORRIS However, the coach explained it was not so surprising because Namoro plays breakaway for his club.

"He is very strong, mobile around the field and an 80-minute player," he said. "By using him on the blind-side of the scrum, we gain another tight forward." The Fijians showed by this selection they are working towards getting a pack with something approaching the size and strength of the NSW and Australian packs. After the team's arrival from Canberra yesterday they had two work-outs, the second in the evening when forwards scrummaged against the excellent Sydney University pack. Last night NSW captain and second-rower Steve Williams vowed his players would take "no nonsense" if there was any indiscriminate play by the Fijians tomorrow. "I thought it was silly for the Fijian management to ignore what was happening for so long," he said.

"But now they, realise been going on and they have done something about it" Fiji's team is: Severo Korodnadaa; Mosese Nabati, Solomoae Rasolea, Acnra Niuqila, Senivalati Laulaa; Semi Talawadna, Ilai Koroitamaaa; Esala Teleai (capt), Peccli Gale, Rusiate Namoro, Asaeli Hnghes, Koli Rakoroi, Tuimasi Tubaa-aaitn, Epeli Rakai, Sairasi Naitaka. After a close examination of the wicket, Gower quite reasonably expected his medium-fast bowlers to move the ball disconcertingly off the wicket But it was not to be and Botham, Jonathon Agnew and Paul Allott all had difficulty holding their footing despite the liberal use of sawdust on the saturated square. Other than a few overs from Allott when switched to the Stretford end by Gower, who led with distinction and imagination on this occasion, it was the spinners who clearly held most fears for the Australians. FOURTH TEST AUSTRALIA ENGLAND At OttJ Trafford, Much AUSTRAUA tat Innings WESSELS Botham Emburey ....34 A HILDITCH Gower Edmonds 49 BOON Lamb Botham 61 A BORDER st Downton Edmonds ....8 RITCHIE and Edmonds 4 PHILLIPS Downton Botham 36 MATTHEWS not out 2 O'DONNELL not out 4 Sundries (1W.3NB) ....4 Sfewteketafor .....22 Dr Geoffrey Edelsten, fist clenched, paces the windblown Sydney Cricket Ground No 2 yesterday while his latest aquisition, the Sydney Swans, train for their VFL match with Carlton in Melbourne tomorrow. Report, Page 27.

Fiji stay true to word by leaving out Savai again fentina PEKING, Thursday: Australia's young soccer players are trying to keep their feet on the ground after a 1-0 victory over Argentina in their first qualifying match of the under-16 World Cup yesterday. Coaches Vic Dalgleish and Bruce Stowell have warned that "a lot of hard work still lies "We won last night by display ing raw Australian courage but we also made many mistakes," Dalgleish told the youngsters as they celebrated their victory. "We still have two tough matches against Congo on Friday night and the German Federal Republic on Sunday and we have to sort out some of the mistakes we made against Argentina," he said. The Australian win came from a Craig Naven header a win which carried on from when the Australian youth team beat Argentina in Australia in 1981. Throughout last night's match Argentina bustled the Australians with a lot of rough play.

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2001 Reentered by-' Australia Post Publication No NBF -1308 'Recommended and maximum price only. Interstate by air extra. TONY SARNO learns that the St George guernseys are endowed with supernatural qualities. Saints monument built on tradition PtAlltiS POUTICS deserve to be treated equally." The following day my phone rang. It was the ex-player.

"I don't waat anything ia the paper that will associate me with what I said last night," he said. "It would make me sound like a racist pig- Indeed, when at the peak of his performance, Edmonds took 3-11, off 6.5 overs. After 50 overs, the spinners had Australia struggling at 4-150. The third overs for both spinners were profitable. Emburey accounted tor Kepler Wessels before lunch and Edmonds, soon after the adjournment, had Andrew Hilditch smartly caught pad-bat by Gower at a square silly point Edmonds had Australia reeling in his eighth over when he snared the wickets of the Australian captain Border and Greg Ritchie.

97.118. 122. 193. 196. AUSTRALIA: Andrew Hilditch (vice- captain).

Kepler Westers, Allan Border (captain). David Boon. Greg Ritchie. Veyne Phillips. Simon Donneil.

Greg Matthews. Geoff Lswson, Craig McDer- mon. Bob Holland. 12th man Dave Gilbert ENGLAND: Graham Gooch. Tim Rob- inson.

David Gower (captain). Mike Gat- ting, Alan Lamb, Ian Botham. Paul Downton, John Emburey, Phil Edmonds, Paul AHott, Jonathon Agnew. 12th man Richard Ellison. Picture by PETER MORRIS a Grand Prix tournament in Houston.

In doing so he beat Mats Wjlander, Kevin Curren, Joakim Nystrom and Anders Jarryd in a morale-boosting performance. That tournament victory gave him the incentive keep going. Although he admits he has been "off the boil" and1 struggling a little lately he is geared to play the most vital match of his career today. McNamee has found it tough going to recapture the form he knows he can produce. He is a man with a lot of national pride and when he walks on to the centre court today for the opening singles match he will be a bundle of nervous energy.

"Playing for Australia always helps lift my game," McNamee said. Coatiaued Page 24 The management of the Fijian Rugby team has kept its word and omitted second-rower Ilaitia Savai from the line-up to play NSW at the Sydney Sports Ground tomorrow. It is known the management would like to have played the lofty Savai and had discussed at length whether he should be included. However, the team manager, Ratu Cokanauto Tuakitau, indicated last weekend he would stand Savai down for two matches after NSW Country hooker Peter Palmer was punched in the face and then kicked while on the ground in the game at Singleton. Yesterday, Fiji's selectors preserved Ratu Tuakitau's word as they had in the game against the ACT in Canberra on Wednesday.

They overlooked Savai's talent as a line-out forward and his vented determination, factors which will almost certainly ensure him of a second-row spot ahead of the older Koli Rakoroi in the two Test matches. "He has got to stand by what he lias been told," said coach Inoke Tabualevu in announcing the team. "I only hope he learns from it" Fiji's, lively halfback Paulo Nawalu is still resting -after being concussed in the Singleton game and their best line-out forward Asaeli Hughes has an injured shoulder. A decision on his fitness has been delayed until tonight Otherwise, Fiji have chosen RUGBY UNION fTsn almost their Test line-up for what is the start of the business-like end of their tour. They see tomorrow's match as an unofficial Test and the NSW game at Gosford next Tuesday as only slightly less demanding before the first Test in Brisbane tomorrow week and the second at the SCG a week later.

During training at the Sydney University yesterday, Ratu Tuakitau said selection of their top team had been made easier by their midweek defeat in Canberra. He was very disappointed in that display. "A lot of players eliminated themselves from the probable Test list," he said. "They have made the management's job easier." He indicated there would be only two or three changes from tomorrow's team and the Test sides. An interesting selection is the long-limbed farmer, Rusiate Namoro, at breakaway after having been chosen for the tour as a tight-head prop.

Boon, at No 3 in a re-arranged order following the late withdrawal of injured opener Graeme Wood, did not allow the dramatic turn of events to break his concentration and he courageously began to rebuild the Australian innings. Boon still kept his composure when Ian Botham had Wayne Phillips caught at the wicket by Downton for 36. Thirty minutes after tea Boon had advanced his score to 58 his best return in this, his eighth Test But three runs later, Bothman lured him into making and error and Allan Lamb accepted the catch and Australia plunged deeper into trouble at 6-198. With Greg Matthews (2) and Simon O'Donnell (4) together in a seventh-wicket partnership, Gower must be pleased that he gambled in sending Australia in to bat To the bemusement of David Gower, who sent the Australians into bat on a lifeless and sickly grey wicket on a cool and cheerless day, it was Edmonds and Emburey who provided the greatest threat to the Australians. game and sits on 40 points.

The second-placed team is a 29. The reserves are oa 35 points, leading the competition by eight. The St George mystique, based mostly on the club's 1 1 premiership wins ia a row from 1956, has been given new impetus. It is the oaly dab whose guernseys have been endowed with supernatural qualities. Many fans from St George's catchment area from Hnrstville to Rockdale in the south-west will swear that "when a player pulls oa the red and white he grows 10 feet As the temperature dropped to a few degrees above zero at Kogarah Oval oae night this week a bunch of supporters shivered oa the "Johnno's not running well.

His hip must be bad," reasoned one. "Looks like a cork to me," his mate replied. Three others sat in the stand, wrapped in ug boots, windcheaters aad Mrs Latham inn, a middle-aged woman, said: "We know most of Continued Page 27 pulls out the new combination' of five-eighth Michael 'Hagan and halfback Terry Lamb should have sufficient nous and initiative to five "the altar holding ug Peter terling arid Brett Kenny a good heave. Hagan is a scheming, creative player, someone who' puts teammates into gaps. Only the club's apparent desire to restore the classic pairing of Lamb and Mortimer seems to have forced him into reserve grade after an initial stint in the firsts.

Canterbury are fourth on 28 points, two behind Parramatta. The Eels contend that if they win, they will kill off Canterbury for the year by ensuring they remain in fourth spot, from where no team has carried on to win a grand final. No clash, says Craven WELLINGTON (NZ), Thursday: An international Rugby Union tournament to be staged in South Africa will not clash with the official World Cup scheduled for New Zealand and Australia in 1987 from which the Springboks have been excluded. The president of the South African Rugby Board, Dr Danie Craven, said today the South African venture was not intended as a rival to the World Cup. "You get that taste of winning, aad it goes on.

Norths, for example, haven't won a comp ia years aad it's very hard for them to get going." It is as simple as that, according to Jim Grant, one of the St George team selectors. Add some gifted home-bred players and aa injury-free year, says coach Roy Masters, and yon can book all three grades into the Sydney Cricket Ground on grand final day. While most league fans know that St George's first, grade has either led the competition or sat in second place, fewer would realise that the two lower grades have terrorised all opposition. As the Los Angeles Olympics turned into a glorificatioa of free enterprise aad echoed with tear-jerking renditions of Banner the SCG is likely to become a monument to St George's tradition and stability aad be engulfed by a nightmarish chorus of "Cars the' The under-23 teanjfor example, is already minor premiers with fire rounds to It. has.

lost only. one. Mourner By TOUY SARNO Canterbury Rugby League team will be without captain and halfback, SteMortjimer for the match Miin Bel-f more fetHtsQriiniTDw. A groin injury which forced Mortimer to play part of last Sunday's -match against Hlawarra in truncated wet-suit bottoms under his shorts. hasdeteriorated and forced him to withdraw.

The team physiotherapist, Steve Imbruglia, was unable to predict last night whether Mortimer would be back the following weekend. Prop Peter Tuhks is the new Parramatta are undoubtedly delighted, and it is tempting to predict that Canterbury are, going, to be in some strife without Mortimer. Davis Cup singles player John Fitzgerald shows his frustration with his form at practice yesterday. Reborn McNamee leads challenge for Davis Cup By ALAN CLARKSON Paul McNamee, who considered retiring from tennis only four months ago, spearhead Australia's challenge for the Davis Cup quarter-final against Paraguay at White City today, i The bouncy, effervescent "McNamee was so disenchanted with his form' after a series of defeats that he thought about taking up a career in law. "I was not enjoying tennis because I was playing badly," McNamee recalled yesterday after being named as one of Australia's singles players for the Davis Cup quarter-finaL "It became a time to rethink my future; to consider the alternatives.

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