ENGLISH RUGBY UNION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1455, 1 June 1912, Page 12

ENGLISH RUGBY UNION.

At the annual meeting of the English Rugby Union, it is to bo proiiosi"l by.lff. 10. T. Gurdon, and seconded by Mr. E. Prescott, on brtinlf of the coinuiittc".', that law 1C rrad as follows:— "In the fas? of a throw-forward or knockon, the lii.ll should l:-e liimnjlit liaek'to (lie place whore such infriiißciiient. occurred, ;tml there, be .scriiuiiiiiiL'rd, uiilos-; :i liiir catch hns been allowed, or tin- opposite ride gain ;n\ advantage, or unless, in the opinion of the referee, such rliiow-furward or knock-on is wilful, when he may :tward a free-kick to lie taken at Hie spot where such infringement oci-urrcd." This shall not apply to a wilful (hiow-l'orwaid <i , knock-on into touch, which must be dealt with under L:iw ICa. Tt is to be proposed by Northumberland, and si'i'oiidcl by Durham: Thai Law II !ic< nmvmlcil by t-ito addition immediately after II (n) of the following words:—"ll (<>'), nil in a scrummage gets in n line with any of his forwards before l.he ball conies out of the scrummage. , ." Also thiit such nim'iidiiioiif.s bo made in the laws of the game as this nmemltiit'ut renders necos.-ury or adyi.<nhlo. This proposes to come inlo lii.o with Urn Northern Union law nn the subject. H is also proposed tti add m i,w IS that: "If studs aro worn, they shnll lie circular, not more than .fin. long nifasurcd hom the sole of the boot, and nut los lhan Jin. diameter at fc-jic ami int. Nt the lop, and shall bn fastened with not less than three- naiW-