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Papatoetoe and Manurewa women's rugby teams contest a lineout during a game at Papatoetoe on 30 September 1972. The Manurewa team, on the left, won the game 4 - 0. From the South Auckland Courier Central Edition reporter: We are told the match retained all the male game's features - enthusiasm, hard tackling, lots of 'nice friendly talking' in the scrums, and even a punch-up!, 5 October 1972, p1.