Changes to league rules
Some minor rule changes, have been introduced to! I coincide with the start of' the Canterbury rugby; (league lower grade com-' petitions today. If a player in possession, (of the ball is tackled in his ' opponent’s in-goal area withq ,out being able to touch down! (for a try, the game will now, ■be restarted with a scrum sm, lin the field of play opposite'
I from where the tackle was|i but.no nearer thani; 110 m to the touch-line. Under;! '(the previous law, the', (defending team resumed! { (With a tap kick on the 22m[j ’line. j A penalty kick, not neces-J ,(sarily at goal, which goes!] [dead and is not touched by , J any player will now result't
in the defending side having a drop-kick, instead of a tap kick, on the 22m line. Any offence which occurs in the in-goal area, whether* by an attacking or defending, player (except, in the case of: foul play against a tryscorer), will lead to a pen-1 alty kick being awarded 5m into the field of play oppo-! site where the mis-’ demeanour occurred.
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Press, 7 April 1979, Page 60
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184Changes to league rules Press, 7 April 1979, Page 60
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