FAVOURS 3-2-3 SCRUM
BUT WING FORWARD NOT DESTRUCTIVE ' ELEMENT [Per United ( Press Association,] CHRISTCHURCH, January 20. Commenting on the Rugby rules situation, Mr S. F. Wilson, a member of the Canterbury Union and a former president ot the New. Zealand Union, said; “Personally, I am a firm supporter of the 3-2-3 scrum formation, but I don’t agree that the wing forward is a destructive element as far as back play is concerned—that is a good wing forward, under an efficient referee.”
Mr Wilson explained that he thought that, under the. existing rules, a 3-2-3 scrum could always get the ball against a 2-3-2 scrum, but that did not influence his opinion about the wing forward. He agreed with many people who considered that the wing forward actually made back play brighter, because he smartened up the half-back. “ I think that if Mr S. S. Dean considers he is going to do away with the wing forward by having a 3-2-3 scrum he is only beating the air,” concluded Mr Wilson.
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Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 4
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