RUGBY FOOTBALL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 49, 4 July 1947, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

BURUNDI APANUI SHIELD GALATEA REP. TEAM The Galatea rep. team to play Whakatane in an elimination match in the Hurunui Apanui Shield series is as follows: —D. Bidois, J. Pouwhare, Rutene, Hose, Moses, Wharepapa, Orange, Gardner, Ruri, Goohue, S. Higgins, K. Rangitauira, T. Mahar, P. Christie, J. Smythe, P. King, P. Shepherd, G. Brown, Carlson, M. Hata, D. Rota.

BAY OF PLENTY TEAM GAME WITH THAMES VALLEY JUNIORS The following Rugby players will represent the Bay of Plenty in a match with Thames Valley juniors at Te Puke on Saturday, July 12:— Fullback: Anderson (Te Puke). Three-quarters: Rutherford (Whakatane), Haimana (Rotorua), Kapu (Rotorua).

Five-eighths: Stewart (Opotiki), Black (Opotiki). Halfback: Tiepa (Whakatane).

Front row: Read (Te Puke), Abbott (Opotiki), Mundy (Whakatane). Middle row: Burton (Opotiki), Perham (Rotorua), G. Clarke (Tauranga), Pattie (Te Puke).

ADVICE FOR FIVE-EIGHTHS (a) Never take your passes “flatfooted.” Be on the move. (b) Stand somewhat deep of your half—almost, though- not quite, bebehind him, and within easy passing range. This enables you to .work either way, according to pre-arrang-ed signals.

(c) The first five-eighth is usually the passing link to the second fiveeighth, whose main objective is to straighten up the attack by piercing the defence of the opponents. (d) Cultivate the “stab” kick to gaps in your opponents’ line and also out to your winger. Let your kicks, however, have a definite objective and try not to lose the initiative.

(e) It is vital that your defence should be 100 per cent. Get’your man. Weak defence in the fiveeighth position spells disaster for your team. Always endeavour to cover up your team mates when on defence.

(f) Practice with your half-back various moves, not forgetting the scissors pass, and have a secret code with him in your plan of attack.

(g) Last, but not least, vary your play. Don’t always do the same thing. Orthodox tactics are easily countered and make depressing football.

TOO MUCH OFF-SIDE REMINDER FOR PLAYERS Nothing spoils a game of football as much as too many free kicks for offside play. The public attends to see football and not to hear the referee blow his whistle. In an effort to assist young players to improve their knowledge of the off-side rule the Beacon publishes this summary of one of the rules of Rugby taken from the latest hand-book.

The Off-side Rule, Law 18: A player is off-side if he enters a scrummage from his opponent’s side; if while the ball is in a scrummage he remains with either foot in front of the ball although not in the scrummage; if at a throw-in from touch he stands or moves in front of a line at right-angles to touch where the ball went out; if in his own in-goal he is in front of one of his own team who is taking a penalty kick from behind the goal-line, other than which he cannot be offside in his own in-goal; if the ball has been kicked or touched or is being canned by one of his own team behind him.

The rules provide penalties for each of these infringements, and there are several notes. A note to the third clause says that this merely applies to a player who is participating in a line-out, and does not necessarily mean that the player throwing the ball in must necessarily wait until the players of his own team have returned to the line-out. With regard to the last and most common clause, a note says that no off-side player shall play the ball or in any way obstruct an opponent, or approach and wilfully remain within ten yards of an opponent waiting for the ball.