SCRUM FORMATION

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 24

SCRUM FORMATION

TOURISTS IMPRESSED

Introduction into grade football of the 3-3-2 scrum formation may result from the Australian Universities Rugby team's tour of. New Zealand, states a report from Sydney. Members of the Sydney University pack were greatly impressed with the. formation as applied by . club teams m the Dominion. Its advantages, were especially evident when the ground conditions were wet. It was All Blacks manager of 1932, Billy Wallace, who convinced the tourists. With the pack of his Poneko Cliib, he worked things out for the Universities' manager, John G'unther, Bob Booth, and other forwards, in the gymnasium. It is in the gymnasium, incidentally, that* the Poneke Club, and many others, do most of their training. • The 3-3-2 formation is really the old New Zealand 2-3-2 pack, with the addition of a player to tho front row. It is the intention of the University to introduce the formation, although the forwards will have to bo educated up to it first. Possibly a start will be made in a lower-grade* team. ' A suggestion made in New Zealand that the Australian Universities should form an Australian Universities' Rugby. Council, may also be adopted. It is regarded favourably in some quarters, but the full co-operation of other. States and time are needed before the scheme could be, successfully launched.