Football
(Per United Press Assn.) Scrum Formation Discussion Wellington This day ®Tbe Wellington Rugby Union, at its annual meeting last night, passed a motion favouring three men being played in the front row of the scrum. The old controversy regarding the rival merits of the 2/3/2 and the 3/2/3 formations was revived, and the debate was botly contested, the voting being fairly sven. During the discussion Mark Nicholls said that it was only tbe outstanding superiority of tbe New Zealand backs that enabled tbe team j to pull through in England in 1924. New Zealand was also at a great disadvantage in South Africa in 1928. Under the new rule the merits of the systems could be tested. He was satisfied the 3/2/3 scrum would beat the 2/3/2.
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Inangahua Times, 17 March 1932, Page 1
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