Rugby Scrum Question.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 17. The Wellington Rugby Union, at its annual meeting last night, passed a motion favouring three rnen being played in the front row of the scrum. The old controversy regarding the rival merits- of the 2-3-2 and 3-2-3 formations was revived, and the debate was hotly contested. The voting was fairly even. During the discussion Mr Mark Xicholls said that only the outstanding superiority of the New Zealand backs enabled them to pull through in England in 1924. New Zealand was also at a great disadvantage in South Africa in 1928. Under the new rule the merits of the two systems could be tested. He was satisfied that the 3-2-3 scrum would beat the 2-3-2 scrum every time.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 375, 17 March 1932, Page 3
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