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Albert and Ernest Asher

Albert (top) and Ernest Asher were prominent Māori rugby union and rugby league players during the 1900s and 1910s. The brothers were members of the first Māori rugby league team to tour Australia in 1908 and later played for New Zealand.

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Max Smith, Champion Blokes, Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, Christchurch, 1964

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