RUGBY FOOTBALL.
ALTERATIONS TO RULES. JiETTER FROM ENGLISH UNION. [by telegraph^— ASSOCIATION.] V .','■ WELLINGTON. Wednesday. A meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union to-night fixed the date for the annual meeting as April 26. The English union wrote stating that the International Board in March last discussed alterations to the rules. One proposal made was 10 limit the number of forwards in the first row of the scrum to three. A resolution was passed that each country should ask its clubs to play under this rule in the 1922-23 season, to gain experience regarding the wisdom of making the rule permanent. The letter added that certain other proposed alterations to rules regarding the right of putting the ball into the scrum would, be considered by the board next month.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 8
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