RUGBY TACTICS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17235, 15 April 1930, Page 5

RUGBY TACTICS

PORTER AS LECTURER ENGLISH STANDARDS The Rugby cluli .representatives from all pariß of* Taranaki. gathered to boar Porter, ex-captain of the All Blacks, discourse -tin ladies ai Stratford. Porter promised to accede to requests to coarli the Taranaki team on the eve of the British match. In view of I lie coming tpur of the English learn, Xetv Zealand football had been criticised from all angles, said,Porter. He had often been ask ed to give tin opinion about the ability of the English team, inti all lie could do was to give Hie impressions gained during the l!)2i tour. Rugby in the Old Oonntry was of a much higher standard than most people were aware of. In IbtM the All Blacks were lucky in being always able to licltl the best team. His own impression was that English county Rugby wits equal to provincial play in New Zealand, and that club football in some counties was of a high standard. The team England would select, h< thought, would be able M> extend to the fullest any other team which could be got together. Owing to the new rule New Zealand was at a disadvantage jo the forwards when meet ing u tea in playing under the old rule. As regards lep-k play, New Zealand had nothing to fgnr. Porter dealt with scrum formations, explaining what had to be done to meet conditions created by the English forma;'em of ft—llls team had found that the besj means of getting the ball was 1o concent'rate their weight on the centre of the English sr rum. Regarding iinO-nut play. Porter said the ball should be lobbed to one man only, who should be the only man to jump for it. The points made in the address were demonstrated with two pack's in opera! lon.