FOOTBALL.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 61, 10 September 1908, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY RULES

[PRESS ASSOCIATION:]

WELLINGTON," tast night.

Tho discussions tthat hqje been going on for some time on the qtie-stion of reforming the rules of Thigby foot^ ball arc now in a fair way to. assume practical shape. A special meeting of delegates to the New Zealand ßug-; by IT ni oil is to beh eld on October Ist whon it- will be proposed that the following amendment will be made: — ;

Law 2, a tackle — That a player "brought to the ground be allowed to. pass the ball oven though it..: has touched the ground, provided it :fbb done immGcliately. . ! ." :

Law 2, ball in scrummage— A player cannot lift his" leg-. until;' tlio . \ bjall -touches tlio ground and unless the' *l>all is .put past the first man of the scrum that has the shorter front it .shall not he considered to have been v f airly put into the scrum. "

Law 2, knocking on and' throwing forward — That it should not be considered a knock on if the player so doing receives possession before the ball touches the ground.

Lbav 2, fair catch— -Add after "catch" in the last- line of the definition "Or by immediately calling out mark." ' - LaAr 3, section E — That the referee be alloAvcd discretionary power as to whether the game shall be stopped. La\\ r 3, section F— Delete the Avords "hold or." Law 4, scoring goal from a mark' or a penalty kick— To count two points. . ;. '•'.'. ' '"■ LaAV 6, section C— To be deleted. Add .after "goal- • line" in the last. line :of notes but: when the ball is on tho ground after a player has been tackled it may be picked up by any

player qther than the man i so

tackled." . ... . . : v ' jl Law B,— Add new section "C — AYhon he lias run behind one of his own side who has last played the ball: : . Law 42, section . A — To read:

ThroAA-ing it out so as to alight' a

n minimum distance of five yards froni, t and at right angles to the tonch line.