RUGBY FOOTBALL
SCRUM FORMATION. DECISION OF WELLINGTON RUGBY UNION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Wellington, this day. The Wellington Rugby Union, at its annual meeting last night, passed a motion in favour of 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 formation was revived, and the debate was hotly contested, the voting being fairly even. During the discussion Mr. Mark Nicholls said it was only the outstanding superiority of the New Zealand backs that enabled them to pull through in England in 1924. The New Zealand team was also at a great disadvantage in South Africa in 1928 under the new rules. The merits of the two systems should be tested, but he was satisfied that the 3 —2—3 scrum would beat the 2—3—2 formation every time.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3444, 17 March 1932, Page 5
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