ROUGH PLAY IN RUGBY
FRENCH PROPOSAL TO FINE CLUBS PROFESSIONALISM GROWS (Lnitcd P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) PARIS, Saturday. • eftort to stamp out rough play in Rugby championship matches, the committee of the Pyrenees Union has ! decided to fine clubs whose players | are sent off the field for foul play. The i fines will be graded according to the I status of the clubs, the most promin- ] e * Tt . of which will be mulcted 50s for j their members’ misbehaviour. The | lines will be deducted from the gate ! receipts. The authorities are concerned at the growth of professionalism and rough- ■ ness. The French Chamber of Depuj ties shortly will debate the question On purifying the game.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 805, 28 October 1929, Page 13
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