BRIGHTER RUGBY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 246, 18 October 1933, Page 5

BRIGHTER RUGBY.

PLAY IN SOUTH AFRICA

LESS KICKING INTO TOUCH.

That the future of the Rugby Union game in South Africa is bright is the opinion of Mr. A. C. Amyot, who reached Auckland from Sydney by the liner Monowai yesterday afternoon. Mr. Amyot, who is in the railways service at Bulawavo, Southern Rhodesia, was secretary of the Rhodesian Rugby Union during the tour of the All Blacks in South Africa in 1928. He is at present 011 six months' leave and hopes to see a good deal of New Zealand before returiiing to Australia to complete his holiday. "The standard of Rugby in South Africa is definitely better than it was in 1028," he said. "The teams are now playing a much more open game, due largely to the impression made bv the Wallabies 011 their recent tour. At one time there used to be a great deal of kicking into touch, but most teams have now definitely abandoned that type of game. The brighter football has resulted in increased attendances, and prospects for the future are exceedingly bright." Mr. Amyot, who represented his province as a wing three-quarter in 1924, said that Rugby players throughout South Africa were trying to get a special dispensation from the English Rushy Union to permit kicking into touch only in a player's own twentyfive.