N.Z. RUGBY UNION.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 290, 11 June 1909, Page 6

N.Z. RUGBY UNION.

[PEEBB ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, last night. At a meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union to-night, the secretary said he had received a telegram from the .West Coast Union asking if F. Jackson, a member of the Anglo- Welsh team, which toured the dominion lastyear, was eligible to act as referee in ,i match next Saturday. - After consultation with the . chairman, ho had replied that there was certain evidence that Jackson was under suspension by the English Union, and it would be inadvisable to allow him to act. Considerable discussion took place, some members urging that this union had no official information of Jackson's suspension by the English Union. It was decided to telegraph that Jackson could take no part whatever in New Zealand football; and inquiries as to Jackson's position are to be made from the English Union. It was decided to reply to an enquiry from the Canterbury Union that the Auckland Union had no power to alter any laws of the game. The committee considered the disqualification of a player for three weeks for insulting a referee was too light a treatment, and refereed the matter hack to Wang-anui Union' for further particulars. Several other suspensions by unions wero made general. Wellington Union's notification that a certain lino umpire had been turned off all grounds for betting was referred back to the Union, as the length of jterm of disqualification was not stated. At the request of the Marlborough Union, several of its disqualifications were refused. This course, however, was reftised in respect of one player, who had been found guilty some years ago of "ringing in." The committee refused Auckland's request to reinstate members of the Maori Northern Union team as amateurs. The proposed tour of the Sydney University team was approved. It was resolved to write to South Auckland for further information concerning its dispute with the Auckland Union over the question of boundaries. The Appeal Committee ruled that if a man who runs behind his own line is collared with the ball before he can come out again, it shall be considered the ball has been carried back and a scrummage ordered. v