RUGBY FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 August 1939, Page 12

RUGBY FOOTBALL

SCKU.MMAGE AMEND.BENTS.

ENGLISH UNION'S PROPOSALS

[FEB PHESS ASSOCIATION.)

WELLINGTON. August 24

The executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union last night received from the English Rugby Union a lumber of suggestions for alterations to the laws governing the scummage. The alterations, which had been suggested by a sub-committee of the International Board and will be considered at the March meeting of the Board in 1940, were: — Law 15—When a scrummage is ordered or taken, (a) The referee shall award to the team not responsible for the stoppages of play the right of putting in the ball. It in doubt he shall award the right to the team in whose half of the ground the scrummage is to be formed.

(b) For an infringement between the 25 yards lines and within - 10 yards of the touch-line, the scrummage shall take place 10 yards from the touch-line on a line parallel to the goal-lines through the place where the infringement occurred. (c) It is illegal for more than three players to form either front row of the scrummage before the ball has been put in. Note: Referees shall not inflict a penalty for a breach of this law unless such a breach is wilful or persistent, in which case it must be dealt with under the law 34 (c).

WARNING TO REFEREES

(d) It is illegal after a scrummage has been formed for any player to add himself to the front row before the ball has been put in. Note: Referees should stop the dangerous practice of players forming down some distance apart and pushing together and deal with it under law 34 (a 3

(e) The ball shall be put in without delay. Note: Any delay caused by a player with the ball waiting for any of his team to join the scrummage must be treated as wilful waste of time. (f) A player putting in the ball shall stand not less than one yard from the scrummage and with both hands below the knee shall put the hall fairly in at a moderate speed so that it first touches the ground beyond one toot of the nearest player of each front row.

(g) A ball is fairly in when it has been put in along a line midway between and' parallel to the lines of the feet of the players forming each front row of the scrummage and has touched the ground.

BALL TO BE RETURNED

(h) The ball shall be nut into the scrummage again if it enters and comes out at either side between the lines , of feet or the players forming each front row or between the feet of either of the outside players of each front row on the side in which the ball has been put in. (i) It is illegal for the foot of any player in either front row to touch the ball until it is fflirly in. The far foot of the second player of each front row on the side on which the bail is being put in and the feet of a player beyond may be raised and advanced as soon as the ball has left the hands of the player putting it in. No other foot may be raised or advanced. s soon as the ball has left the hands of the player putting it in. no other foot may be raised or advanced until the ball has been touched by one of these feet. .

(j) It’ is illegal for any ,player to prevent the ball from gett’ng fairly into the scrummage.

SCRUMMAGE RULES

In any scrummage, (1) it is illegal for any player to return the ball into the scrummage by hand or foot after it has coine out; (2) it is illegal for any player to handle the tall, pick it up by hands or legs or intentionally fall or kneel while the ball is in the scrummage, except as provided for in law 26 (b); (3) it is illegal for any player lying on the ground to interfere with the ball in any way. The penalty in the event of the infringement,, a penalty kick, shall be awarded at that place. Law 27, paragraph 7—The ball must be brought into play at the place where it went into touch by throwing it into the field of play so as to alight at least five yards from and at rightangles to the touch-line. If the ball, when thrown in from touch does not alight as above, a scrummage shall be formed' 10 yards from the place where it went into touch on a line parallel to the goal-lines. Law 10 (m) as to advantage, does not apply. The suggestions were referred to the rules sub-committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union. TO-MORROW’S MATCHES. Victoria Park will be the scene of acf&on to-morrow afternoon for the continuation of the West Coast Rugby Union’s competitions. The main senior attraction will be the match between Cobden and United, and with the latter team improving they should be capable of extending the champions. As the ground is certain to provide good foiling, a bright, open game should result. On the No. 2 ground at Victoria Park, Blaketown will endeavour to lower the colours of Celtic. The last match between these teams was evenly-contested, even though Celtic scored the deciding points, and to-morrow’s encounter should again provide interesting footbail.

Junior curtain-raisers at the Park will be between Magpies and Celtic, and Star and Cobden. Other matches will be played at Kumara, and on (he Technical School ground. After to-morrow’s senior matches, the selectors will choose 25 players for special practice, in view of the Canterbury and Seddon Shield matches next month. Blaketown fourths (meet Technical School 2.30): Rudd. F. Malloy, Spender, Smith, Emmerson, McGuire, Leach, Robson, Bromley (2), Henderson, McKnight. T. Malloy, White, Mathieson, Ross, Billett, Dixon, Furness.

Celtic v. Magpies, Victoria Park: J. Green, Kennedy, Smeaton, Roulston, Hansen (2), Win, Rae, Harker, Keddie. McDonnell, Tilly. O’Neill, Millett, Shuker. Dudley. J. Mallett. Dodson.

KuinajT v. Te Kinga. at. Kumara: Webster Banks. McGill (2), Henham (2), Duffy, Good, Cameron. Muir, Sinclair (4). McLean, Evans, Burridge, Freitas, Wakelin.

Railway v. Foundry, at Cobden, Sunday:—Dewar, Spivey, Tully, Ellis, Keating, Campbell, Bradbury, Kirkwood, Thompson, Quigg, Price, Hen-

derson, McQuinn, Win, Rae (2). Byrne, Tilly. Celtic seniors v. Blaketown, Victoria Park: —O’Malley, McDougall, McDonnell, Lynch. Clancy, McEvedy, Boswell, Croudis, Butler, Byrne, Rea. Roulston, Hill, Griffen. McElwain. Blaketown seniors, (meet Union Hotel) :—Samuels, Furness, MacDonald, McHerron, Garth, Pedrotti, Harrington, Kent, Smith, Brown, Faulkner, Price. Quigg, Shannon, Preston, Panther, Willis, Anderson, McKendry. Star juniors (v. Cobden) : McLaughlin. Bennett, Watson. Hayes, Douglas, Mulqueen (2), Barron, Minchin, Quinn. Armstrong. Holmes (2), Jackson, Dixon. Sutton, Ford. Magpies v. Celtic, Victoria Park: — Attewell, Sumner (2), McGirr, Ferguson, Stewart, Hendry, Griffen, Friend, Hibbs, Williams, Honey, Beardsley (2), Boucher, Russ, Barrett. Cobden seniors v. United: I.indbom, Spivey, Williams, Vaughan (2), Collins, Kiely, Moss, Spencer, Kirkwood, Laredo, Birchfield, Owensworth, King (2), Thompson, Henderson, Eggleton. Meet. Club Hotel 2.15.

Cobden Juniors v. Star: Gilmour (2), Pike, McLellan, Cron, Benneti Morrish, Haldane, Watson, Moss, Morris, Nesbit, McLaughlin, Register, Schofield, Wilson, Jackson. Meet Club Hotel 1 p.m. Cobden thirds meet Tech, ground 1 p.m.

Dispatch Foundry v. Railway, at Cobden, Sunday: McEvedy, Hector, Lindbom, Monly; Gilmour. McKechnie; ITorrack; Quinn, Thomas, Whyte, Shaker, Moss, McKendry, Hogarth, Cooper. Emergencies: Carr, Nelson, Ramsay.

United seniors v. Cobden, Victoria Park: Dewar, Clulee, Garde, Joseph, Brocklehurst, Harvey, Cox, J. Sinclair, Parsonage, Whibley, Hamilton, Moon, Scott, Blair, Rathbun, Shannon, Simpson.

United fourths, at Technical School: Conza, Williams, Watt, Senior, Hamilton, Robertson, Brown (?}, Thomson, Saunders, Ord, Chivers. Wilson, Bennington. Stewart. Star seniors (meet Park Hotel 1.15): Dowling Sherriff, Barron, Cook, Quinn, Wilson (3), Smith, Finerty, Johnston, Stewart, Watson, Bennett, Logie, Martyn, Hay, Minchin.