League Experiment.
When the New Zealand Rugby League team played Bramley near the end of its English tour, leading officials in the code went to watch a trial of the suggested new rule for passing in fiom touch. Rugby League rules say that when the ball is kicked into touch, Ihe game is resumed with a scrum; at Bramley the ball was passed infield by a member of the team who had not kicked it out. According to a report of the game, the players soon discovered Ihe value of using touch only in time of direst extremity, as the defending side did not necessarily have the advantage of the throw-in. The throw-in was made by wing three-quarters, and the ball had to travel 10 yards back not across-ficld. It resulted in many fast and attractive movements. It had been intended to experiment with the proposed rule only for the first half of the game, but it aroused such enthusiasm in players and spectators that it was continued to Ihe end. Most officials said tho rule looked like a move in the right direction, although it would require further trials. Mr. J. A. Redwood, manager of the Kiwis, said that the rule opened out the game, but serums wore an important part of football and big, heavy players should not be stopped from coming into it.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22572, 27 February 1948, Page 8
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226League Experiment. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22572, 27 February 1948, Page 8
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