FOOTBALL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10884, 10 August 1932, Page 3

FOOTBALL

Rules of the Game. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. The following questions were dealt with at recent meetings of the Executive of the New Zealand Rugby He forces' Asst) c iation: Poverty Hay Question: Re Circular No. 3. 1032 Question 1, Taranaki. Is the question and answer covered by law 2G C? Is the decision correct; can a penalty kick he awarded under this law? Is not this infringement covered by law 3 3 (b)—penalty scrummage 5 yards from goal line opposite place of infringement?— Answer: A penally kick for obstruction by the defending side in in-goal can be awarded under law 34. (Ruling of International Board). Also a try could be awarded under Law 2G C.

Nelson Question; Circular No. 3, 1032, states (hat a goal could be kicked from an infringement by the defending side one yard from the dead ball line even though the kick did not reach the line of the mark. (1) Could the attacking side take their kick close to the goal line in the field of play and follow it over to score a try? (2) Could the attacking side have a scrummage at the mark near the dead ball line in lieu of a penalty kick as privided by Law 24?—Answer; (1) The attacking side can follow the ball over the goal line, but they cannot play it until it reaches the line of the mark. (2) No. A scrummage can only take place in the field of play. See Law 2.

Te Puke Question: (1) In the event of a player being injured has he the privilege of claiming a full three minutes before play can be resumed. (2) If he is removed from the field of play can his team claim the full three minutes in order to allow another player to take his place.—Answer; (1) No. (2) No. Thames Question: A player standing facing across the field of play stops the ball in its flight with his right hand and catches it against his body with the left hand. What is the decision? (Note: —A diagram was forwarded with, the question showing that the ball was knocked forward from the right hand to the left hand) —Answer: The ball was not knocked on.

Hawke’s Bay Question: A player running with the ball in his possession is collared and brought to the ground near the touch line and he immediately and deliberately placed the ball in touch. Can the opposing team claim a penalty under law 28— Answer: No, not if the player retains possession of the ball. Hawke’s Bay Question; A player knocks the ball on. An opposing player immediately gains possession and drop kicks for goal. The referee blows his whistle whilst the ball is in its flight. Is he entitled to award the goal if the kick is successful or having blown previously to the ball going over the goal must he award a scrummage for the knock on? Answer: The scrummage must be awarded. c

Waikato Question; In a recent game where only one ball was used a played A 1 kicked the ball out about the 25 yards line where an opponent B 1 secured it and gave a quick and correct throw in to B2 who was on side. The other B forwards had not got back to the line out, not having had time, and consequently were in front of their own side of the line out. (1) Are they to be ruled offside in such circumstances. (2) Must B 1 wait until all his men are on side before making the throw in from touch. —Answer: (1) No. (2) No.

Manawatu Question: Re page 48 of Handbook, diagram off-side. D 1 received the ball from A, and kicks towards his opponents’ goal line and then follows up. A 3 commenced to run with him as he passes and immediately shoulders him within the 10 yards circle. Is this legitimate?— King Country Question; (1) The ball when kicked by an attacking player touches in its flight, or bounces off, a defending player, and from there goes into the defending players in-goal and is there made dead by a defending player. What is the correct decision. (2)* The ball when kicked by an attacking player touches in its flight, or bounces off a defending player and from there goes into the defending players in-goal and an attacking player who was in an ofli-side position but outside the 10 yards circle, grounds the ball. What is the correct decision?—Answer: (1) Touch down. (2) Try, jf intentionally touched, otherwise touch down. Thames Valley Question; A 1 kicks the ball and it accidentally strikes D 1 on the back and rebounds to D2 who is three or four yards in front of Dl. D2 plays the ball. (1) Was D2 offside? (2) A2 who was outside the 10 yards limit collared D2. Was A2 off-side also?—Answer: (1) D2 is off-side and is the player who should be penalised. (2) A2 is also offside.

Thames Valley Question: The halfback put the ball in the scrummage fairly, and the ball was hooked so quickly that it came out between the back row and the middle row before the half back could get back behind his scrummage. On his way back he snapped up the ball and passed it to his five-eighths. The referee penalised him for not getting behind the hall with both feet before playing it? Was the decision correct or does Law 2 (“unsuited to the context”) apply? —Answer; The decision was incorrect. The half-back was on side when the ball was placed in the scrummage and did not remain with either foot in front of the ball while it was in the scrummage. Bay of Plenty Question: A player taking a kick at goal after a try makes a hole deep enough for the holder’s hand, who lowers his hand into the hole till the ball touces the ground. The ball is kicked over the cross bar. Can the team claim the extra points?—Answer: As the ball has been placed on the ground the kick is in order and the extra points should be allowed.

Auckland Question: (1) B 1 is attacking with the ball in his possession. Just before reaching the line he fell. His head and shoulders weit in in-goal and the rest of his body in the field of play. Impact with the ground shot the ball out of his hands before he was able to ground it. It struck a defending player on the Shins and went back about two or three feet into the field of play but not past the feet of the prostrate player 81. B2 who had come up on side kicked the ball just over the line and Bl still in his recumbent position reached out and touched down. What should have been the decision. (2) A scrummage is formed after a breach aud B has the right to put the ball in and finds he has not the loose head. He aims to gently propel the ball so that it touches the ground past the fourth foot of his own side (tactics). The A side's second player advances the fourth foot after the ball has passed the first two feet of either team, but too late discovers that the ball has not touched the ground, and thus plays the ball whilst still in the air.

Which team should be penalised?— Answer: (1) Touch down for breach in goal—throw forward. (2) The A player who advances his foot and plays the ball before it touches the ground, should be penalised. Tauranga Question: (1) The game is stopped by the referee in order to warn a player regarding obstruction. Instead of allow a penalty to the side obstructed, the referee then blows his whistle for “no side.” Is this correct? (2) Can the player be off-side at any time after the whistle has been blown for a kick at goal from a penalty kick for the conversion of a try?—Answer: (1) The penalty kick should be given under Law' 34, and time could not be called. See law' 10 B. (2) He cannot be off-side while he is lying on the ground. __