Eastern Town combined competition seems a success in 1978

The first round in the combined competition of Eastern and Town has been interesting and although the Town teams have dominated it has helped boost the interest in the wider Southland areas.  

Wyndham is into the top eight with the first round completed and will hopefully  have the depth to compete.  Unfortunately they have had a string of serious injuries which has depleted their player pool.
Mataura took some time to settle into the competition and this was shown by a huge loss to Star in the first round but the last three weeks has been  such a big improvement they will be a force to be reckoned with in the second division. This will give the young team a bit of room to get experience.

Reference:  The Southland Times May 1978
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