Stay till Saturday?

"Salient" questions the value of playing post tournament N.Z.U. v. the local provincial team matches in such team sports as hockey (men's and women's) and soccer, the day after Tournament games end. After playing three, four or five games in three days, the N.Z.U. sides are selected and expected to play well against what is frequently one of the top sides in the country. Moreover, the N.Z.U. teams have no opportunity to practise as a team.

It would be far more fair to the N.Z.U. sides if these games could be postponed until the Saturday following Tournament. This would enable the N.Z.U. teams to have a day to rest followed by a day for training, and thus by the Saturday the N.Z.U. teams would be in a position to give a truer indication of the strength of the sports concerned in the universities.