RULES OF RUGBY
Law 20 of the revised rules came in for some caustic comment at the weekly meeting of the Referees’ Association last evening. The incident arose out of the reading of a paper on refereeing as radioed by Mr. Dan. McKenzie of the TLZ.R.R.A. The lecture was read by Mr. P. Mackie, president of the N.Z.R.R.A. Law 20 reads as follows: A player lying on the ground with the ball in his possession must immediately get up or roll away from the ball.
Penalty.—Penalty kick at the place of infringement. The bone of contention was: What is the interpretation of “lying on the ball.” Lender the new rules a player is permitted to pass or kick a ball while lying on the ground, provided he does so “immediately,” and it is not after a tackle. The question then arose as to whether it could be construed that a player, lying on the ground and the ball being within reach of him, scoops the ball to him, curls round it and throws open his arms so that he is not actually holding the ball in his hands, could be deemed to be lying on the ball.
The unanimous opinion was that the player was committing a breach of the rules and should be penalised by awarding the opposing side a penalty kick. Referees will in future rule in this direction.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 686, 11 June 1929, Page 9
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