RUGBY TACTICS
THE ALL BLACKS’ SCRUM. OPINIONS OF CRITICS. (United Press Association—By Electric T elegrapli .—Copyright.) Received September 10, 1.25 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 15. Paying a tribute to the All Blacks’ sportnianship and anxiety to abide by the spirit of the game, Mr Howard Marshall, writing in the Daily Telegraph, nevertheless considers the experiment of packing a 3-4 scrum failed. Legally and technically, he says, it should be abandoned, firstly because the All Blacks do not appear to possess seven forwards sufficiently heavy for a scrummage against eight hard workers, as was indicated by McLean packing in the second halt, although it might be different when the side is fit. Secondly, McLean was certainly unintentionally offside, as he did not attempt to get onside when the forwards heeled, and should have been penalised. Thirdly, although he stood unusually far from the scrummage, and although he did not deliberately obstruct the Counties’ scrum half, it is difficult to see how a rover putting the ball in can avoid passive obstruction. The News-Chronicle expressed the opinion that McLean occasionally bordered on obstruction.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 247, 16 September 1935, Page 8
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180RUGBY TACTICS Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 247, 16 September 1935, Page 8
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