RUGBY FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19604, 5 April 1927, Page 13

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

THE WHANGAREI UNION. [by telegraph.—own correspondent. 1 WHANGAREI, Monday. The annual meeting of the Vvhangarei Rugby Union this evening was attended by over fifty delegates and supporters. The report and balance-sheet were adopted without discussiQh. , The election of officers resulted:—Patron, Mr. W. Jones, M.P.; president, Mr. 11. Worner; vice-president. Mr. W. Proctor; treasurer, Mr. H. J. lievell; secretary. Mr. W. Cotiaghan; management committee, Messrs. G. W. Wilding. A. Fulijames, W. *T. Thorpe, C. Collins, W. Proctor, R. Worrier; senior selector, Mr. F. 'Little: junior selectors, Messrs. Chissell. Boggs, A. Fulljames; delegates to the North Auckland Rugby Union, Messrs, R. Worn er and W. Proctor. The date of the opening of the season was left to the Management Committee. The revision of insurance payments and also the question of home and home matches drew keen discussion. The question pf playing senior matches during the progress of representative games was also considered and left to the Management Committee. RULES OF THE GAME. DESIRE FOR UNIFORMITY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.! WELLINGTON Monday. In an interview regarding the book of Rugby laws revised by the Rugby Union in England, Mr. T. A. Fletcher, president of the Wellington Referees' Association, commented:—" Not many alterations are beins made in the game itself, but there are one or two important changes from New Zealand's point of view. The view of the Rusrby Union is that we now want no further dispensations, and should do our utmost to have a universal code for the whole Rugby playing world. We have now only three dispensations—kiek-into touch rule, fight to take a mark without making a heel-mark, and the right to play the game in four spells. " The kick-into-touch rule is to be a subject of discussion at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union, when a motion will be brought forward for its abolition. It is difficult to forecast what the result will be, but I am inclined to think it will be retained. "The changes made in the rules, however, do not relate to these dispensations. But I may state that though we do not agree with all the changes, we are goinsr to adopt the English rulings in the interest of uniformity. The rules' will be discussed by a conference of the Referees'- Association at Carterton at Easter. Any decisions will be submitted to the New Zealand Rueby Union for confirmation."