FOOTBALL

Northland Age, Volume 27, Issue 5, 22 June 1927, Page 10

FOOTBALL

Rsfere'-s Meeting. A meeting waiheldat th? Age office on Tuet-lay, 14th insi., at which a lair gathering of refcices players and umbers at tea Med to discuss th. rulings of the Rugby fciue. Several points were thrashed out and as thts-* are of interest to ali players, wc publish them below. Rover —Tl.t r.: ver must not pass the front r-.wof scrum, until the ball :s cla r cf the back row of opposing st rum. Knock on—A “knock on" can only be mad"> by the rmnd ot arm and the penalty is a scrum unless it is wilfully don'-, in which case the penalty is a bee kick. Appealing— No appealing is allowed, except by the captain in the case of a free kick, in which case he can cither take a free kick at the place where the infringement took place or a scrum where the ball drops. Off-side rule—An interesting point cane up., which is explained below ;

Ai has kicked the ball to Di. A2, A 3 A 4 are the offside players on the same side as Ai. Di is the opponent waiting to receive the ball. The circle round Di represents the ten yards circle. POINTS TO NOTE. I A2 and A 4 are offside players more than ten yards away from Dt. They cannot be penalE ised unless they approach with i the circle before Di has run five l yards with the ball. If Di mulls the ball they are at once on side. 2. A 3 is offside and should not be penalised unless he at once retires outside the circle. L 3- A 4 is offside but if Dl touches the ball and it goes on towards the goal-line A 4 is on side and can play it. t, 4 Asis on side and can follow J v tin Di’s kick but lie cannot put A2, A 3 or A4on side. * Valley Seniors v Takahue

Juniors. A Friendly Match An exciting game was witnessed at Victoria Valley last l Saturday. There was a good at- ’ tendance in spite of the wealher, t the field was wet and the ball n greasy. From the kick-off Awanui secured the leather and did a bit cf good work in the Valley 25, but for the good attacking of the home team, the score would have been downed. Wilfred t<x,k the hall at his roe but was checked by ibe Awnmii full. Hutley followed up and secured ;.he ball at I a good speed and got into the Red and Black 25, passed out to Duckerand on to Walker who parsed to Evans the last-named , finishing brilliantly. The kick missed. Change over. The Valley became desperate *nd the game sea*sawed until a

dribbling rush by the home team was topped off by Ross White. The kick failed. Half-time. 3 all.

The whistle brought the game into play and Wilfred secured a good pass cm c.-. f h one of his little gallops was aver. The kick missed. Vally 6 Awanui 3. Awanui k : :ked off and followed up, Rusty Evans scrambled through, but was soon downed by aiowta klfby Ritchie. Evans taking the baU at toe did a good bit of work in the Valley 25. Red ; r.d 31aek penalised but the kick was badly executed owing to the greasy pall. ValLy 1 nbied and Awamr gained possession with a good passing rush from Evans to Hurley and or to Bucket who gamed the touch-line, the try being converted. Awanui 8, Valley 6. The last chanc>», and the ball too greasy to be handled. The Valley tried hard but were checked by the sturdy bttie juniors, un*il Wilfred got the bob in front of him and took it wall into Black s 25. The ball went out of bounds, and from the line-out Garton secu.-ed, and weight topped it off, kick missed and time was up, ttie following scores resulting, Valley 9, Awanui 8. Ben Whitte controlled the gar.v v ell.