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Protection
"If Danie Craven never does another thing for Rugby than initiate the law to protect the half-back from the thieving (“seagull”) tactics of off-side forwardi he will have done enough. "When all is said and done the half-back, as long as he passes the ball, should receive the same protection as a wing three-quarters putting the ball back into play In a line-out.
“Surely our referees, coaches and club captains must see the Importance of strictly enforcing this rule, otherwise we will have no real packmen to match the Springboks when they come again.
“I saw the 1937 South Africans in action and we had no answer to their scrummaging. Then on their last tour of this country they changed their tactics, but did Retief and co. win the rubber? No. We well remember those players who won possession up front.*’— AMOS F. FRAMPTON,
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30496, 18 July 1964, Page 11
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147Letter Box Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30496, 18 July 1964, Page 11
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