RUGBY TACTICS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 17

RUGBY TACTICS.

“ Line-outs Are Not a Rest

Cure.”

SOME BAD FEATURES. Forward plav was the u\a) ject of talks by Messrs A. I. Cottrell. Canterbury Rugby captain and an AU Black and R. R. Masters, the lock of * the 1924 All Blacks, to a meeting of coaches last evening. Mr J. K Molonev presided. Mr Masters said that the tld 2-3-2 scrum appeals' to him. and h- wotrli like to see it back. However. opportunities existed in

the -3- 4-1 Kcrum for the breaking forwards. They could -not. hcwe\er, be excused tor leaving the set um before the ball was in the hands of the halfhack. Line-out plav, he thought. was one of the worst features of plav t> dav. Too Lequeivtlv the forwards

pac.Ved ui> closely together. It Tv.as worth while occasionalt ? for the hall to go out to the first fi\e-eighth from a line-out in preference to the half-back. A lot of .tries were lost every week through the forwards not being on the job and up with the plav. Many forwards looked on line-out as a rest cure.

Mr Cottrell said he was a stern adherent of the 2-3-2 scrum.. At the same time, however, he did n< t think that style of scrum would coine back The 3-2-3 scrum was not as useful as the 3-4-1 scrum. The 3-3-2 scrum had never been a success. The new s.tvle of scrum had changed the trend of play. Every man required to be a specialist. Any scrum, fox instance, could “carry” an expert ho kcr. Possession was ten points of the law iu Rugby. The hooker had to aim get the ball a fraction of a second before the opposing hooker. The man on either side of him could, as a ru’e. give .more assistance. More practice on their part was desirable. Too many locks went down in a scrum and put their weight straight ahead, instead of inclined towards tie back of the hooker.

Once a lock went down, he should .stay down, added Mr Cottrell, even if he went down wrong, in which case he should wait until the scrum moved before he moved to get into .position The side-row men went down at a greater angle than the locks, to oreserve the wedge formation of the scrum. Mr Cottrell said he thought the loose man should invariably tec played on the open side, lending his weight also towards the wedge-head. The ball was not lost in a serum nrrtil it was in the hands of the opposing half-back, and then, and not until then, should the side-row men leave the scrum. Taranaki Team Chosen. (Special to toe “ Star.NEW PLYMOUTH, June 14 Taranaki Rugby team to play Wellington at Plawera next Wednesday is as follows:—Collins. I-lunter Edwards. Ross, K. Fookes, Townsend. C. Gudgeon. O’Dowda. R. Young. R. Clarke, B. Murphy. Wills, Fowler. R M’Leod, F. Bocock. The Taranaki nominations for the North Island team are:—C.olLns, Edwards, K. Fookes, Clarke, Young. M’Leod, Fowler.

LINCOLN COLLEGE WIN,

Christ’s College Defeated by 21 to 6. I*laying at ‘Lincoln yesterday, the AJiicotn College fifteen defeated Christ's College by 21 points to 6. The game vvas keenly contested throughout, and vas more even, particularly in the first spell, than the scores indicated. The match had not been long in progress when W. J. Taylor opened Lincoln s scoring account by potting a neat field-goal from just inside the twentyfive. Christ's College attacked with vigour, and finally A. Harpur paveo the way for W. Byrne to score wide out. The scorer's kick sailed wide. Just; before the spell JD. Shand kicked ai penalty goal for Lincoln College, ano ; the half-time score was: Lincoln College 7, Christ's College 3. Christ’s College did most of the attacking following the change-over. am. i in a fine rush Harpur fought hLs way over in the corner. Byrne's kick missed. : Lincoln College carried play into their! opponents’ territory, and following a scrum five yards out Blakely wormed his way through to score wide out. D.i ►Shand missed the kick. Within tvv< minutes Lincoln increased tb & iIn a passing rush among the backs D. Shand cut out his man to send Boot over in the corner. Boot failed to add the extras. Pn.ss.ing among the Lincoln forwards nut the. side in striking distance. Blunden snapped up a rolling pass to score wide out. The kick missed. After a period of give and take play the Lincoln forwards went down to tfie Christ's College line in a great dribbling rush, and Wilkie tucked up score near the posts. T>. Shand converted. Christ's College bad Lincoln defending when time was called. The came ended: Lincoln College 21, Christ's College 6. ■Referee: Mr J. W. Calder. SCHOOL RUGBY. * Results TWw) Round Play. The secondary schools continued their Rugby competition yesterday, the third round of matches being played. ReOpen J)i vision. Second Grade—Christ's College heat Technical, 1 !»-0 (Mr P. 11. T. Williams). High School A beat Christ's College -B. 21-0 (Mr J. T. Burrows). Third—St Andrew's beat St Becfe’s, 11-3 (Mr J. L. Hunter). High School beat West Christchurch, 9-3 (Mr F. A. Wicks). Fourth—Technical beat West Christchurch. 15.-0 (Mr K. H. Perrin); High School A heat Christ’s College. .17-6 (Mr H. M. ChrystalJ). .High School B beat Lyttelton. 35-3 (Mr 1. H. Skipv\ ortb). Fifth—St Bede's beat Technical. 22-0 (Father C. (VConnor). St Andrew's beat High School R. 26-3 (Mr J J. Bennett). .Cathedral Grammar beat High School A. 19-S (Mr R. R. Gibson). | Sixth—t'l. lists College beat West I Christchurch. 21-0 (Mr J. T ISarl). Te<-hnicnl bee r High School A. 36-3 (Mr J. T>. A ik• n >. Seventh—Ti clinical beat Chu'sfs College B. 19-10 (Mr B. A. Y WynneYorke). West Christ church forfeited to Christ’s Go liege .3. Light-weight Division. First Grade— High School beat Tech-j nical, 3-0 (Mr L- R. A. Denny). West I Christchurch beat. St Andrew's. 6-5 (Mrj H. Dowling). Second—West Christchurch beat Tech- i nical, 10-3 (Mr C. L. Low). St Bede’s |

coate ) liSh Sobooi A > JG - 3 (Mr. HO. J-et- . T f,’’A J ~JI e I chr, . Jca J A beat JitsJ, School A .13-0 (Mr A. at. Foster). Christ’s College beat High School B, 24-0 (Mr A G ; Ournsey). Technical B drew with HaiSer^ 11 ™ 810111 "" 011, 3-3 ° lr C ’ M ' c - HieU rt 4’U W , est ,• . Christchurch beat m&h School, 6-3 (Air A F piii 0 ) e -poaiege bea.t St AnCrew-a, J 5-0 Technical </re\v with fMr H - Wise). School T-0 ?Mr A. r i! tC M Ur per«-') at r. if T s r '°Bege forfeited to Tcohnio.il High School B. Technical ’ School A had the bye wSt Moarcar Cup. Per press Association. PABMERSTGN NORTH. June JS. s/hooV'*2T e To°Atit^CoVlego 'l"' *' H * Sh Charity Day Matches. bc^rvPi ('luirity Day nvatcdies will played at Boncaster Park on Saturday when Rugby patrons will have the opportunity of witnessing some good gtimes. Now that the competition is in such an Interesting state the various teams are putting in great training practices and the second round promises to be one of' the best for many years. The big game will be between prove a. 6 stirrif’'-!“ c,uium ;in<l this sliould Mill keep the blue and whites moving and witn two solid sets of forwards some great scrummaging should result. Both sides iiine last bucks and given a dry ground open play is assured. Great mu crust .is being taken in the i'f/ 'ri 11 t ’ ooliysid,; ' *fi Gie first grade isity as a curtain raiser. The former j a last set of forwards whilst the Albion \vill '\nect P old Ik.ys on the soutli ground and this should he a very fast open match. Bin wood will meet Athletic on the west ground. Ghristchurch have drawn ihe bye. All the. first grade games are being I played at Lancaster Park and the play- | e.rs and Canterbury Rugby Union look forward to a big attendance, as the net. proceeds will he distributed amongst the various charity organisations in the