MANAWATU REFEREE CORRECT IN RULING IN MARK INCIDENT

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6677, 2 August 1928, Page 6

MANAWATU REFEREE CORRECT IN RULING IN MARK INCIDENT

Per Press Association. , ~ WELLINGTON, Last Night.• ‘ At to-night’s meeting of the Now Zealand, Rugby Union management ' ' committee discussion ensued on . tho ./ necessity for uniformity of rules. It was stated that the* referee who declared ‘' no' side ’ ’ when the bell .rang for time &s a player made a mark was. quite correct. • . * In another case a player caught the ball and immediately, drop- kicked, at : ; goal. The referee heard'‘‘mark’’callr ‘ od and .blow his whistle. Afterwards he found tiro call of mark was tnade by. ‘. ■ a spectator.-; ■' : ' ' \ ‘ - ’ The Union; decided that wuen‘ Uie whistle is blown the baU is '; the referee ■ ought to have Ordercd’a - scrum, in place "of the goal wWch- iUr v, suited. •'* ‘ : Mr. S. S. Dean pointed out; that wehercas New Zealand referees give,a free kick for a, pass fonvard taken offside all other countries give a BcrnpX' for the pass forward. .• . , The Injured Player Rule. Concerning injured players the riae ' provides' for the game to. be held up' I ', only three minutes for attention. ThpiA after tke injured, player shall be carried to tho side line.' That rule is violated every Saturday. _ ; - . Rugby Becoming; Too Rough. ' It was agreed by members committee that Rugby 'was r becoming . ‘ increasingly rough in New Zealand and jthat there ' was a> tendency noticeable of being too lenient, with'offenders ordered off the field. ■' It was .decided to : circulate Unions requesting- that ,'»U cases of players , ordered off the; field for rough or foul play should bc st-rict-ly enquired into and sthngehtly /dealt with.;'', ’.