RULES OF RUGBY
BRITISH TEAM'S TOUR
DISCUSSION BY REFEREES (Pnr Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. this day. Various aspects of the tour of the British Rugby team, rules, and general matters, were discussed at the annual conference of the New Zealand Rugby Referees' Association. Referring to law 15. regarding the scrummage, the chairman, Mr. I). McKen/ie. said there would fee no trouble with the British team in regard to scrummaging. The thing to remember was that if at the. first attempt the ball did not go fairly into the scrum some one had to be penalised. "We have got to get rid of the wing forward somehow," said the chairman. Me added that the wing forward as originally created was a passive obstructionist. Since (hen. however, the wing forward was an out-and-out. obstructionist.
It. was decided to write to the English union, asking it to consider the matter of deleting the words "unless lie is stooping to pick up the ball," in law 19, on charging and obstruction,' reading: "A player overtaking an opponent also running for the ball must not shove him from behind, unless he is stooping to pick up the Ball."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 6
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