RUGBY RULES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1927, Page 9

RUGBY RULES.

i AJTD THE HEW HANDBOOK. ! STATEMENT BY X.Z.I: A. PHI>IDEM iRy T«-l(«frapb—S|>ecial to "Sia: ' i CHRISTCHURCH. this day. Mr. D;m MeKenzie. president of ■ :i< Xeu Zealand Kupbv Kefen-e-' A— n'ia I I urn. write> n> the "Mar." iu n-ply lo a I query if a maik t;ik--n <>m-idc the twentyfhes ran bo kirkt-d int<> l>>uch iron. inside the twenty-five*. Ho write*: —"In all kicks taken from bctwi-en The twenty- , five and poal lino, whether from mark* or any other kicks, a throw-out from Touch is taken where the ball crosses the touchline. It does not matter where a mark is taken in the field of play, if the kicker ; retires behind the twenty rive to take his kick." '"What, I have Mated is the correct ruling. You will aprec that this tend*, to uniformity. Two years a;:o when the annual conference of the Now Zealand Referees' Association wa» held in Wanpnnui a resolution was pasi>ed to, issue a handbook of the association with the authority of the New Zealand Kupby : Union. To pive effect to this resolution a sub-committee was appointed from both bodies to revise all ruhnp-. and <■;# enactinp that in the case of a mark taken outside of the twenty-fix ;■- tV.i throw-out, if the kick land<-d into touch. was to be taken oppoMtc the mark. •«»- deleted. The decision I hmc referred to was then made law. "As yo»i say. there is no definite rule : in the book on the matter, but one that says all kicks taken from outside the Twenty-fives, other than from penalties. if they land in touch shall be thrown out apain opposite where the ball was kicked from, covers the point. Therefore all kicks, no matter of what nature. from within the twenty-fives are correct. This give;- me the opportunity to say that the present handbook, as issued by the New Zealand Referees Association, has the statement on the cover that it is issued by the authority of the New Zealand Rugby Union."