RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 6, 28 June 1928, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

(To tlie Editor). Sir, —If the Hutt Senior B Team.' wishes to regain its Senior' A status next year, it will have to improve very; considerably in the finer points of thegame. The team was very lucky in its wins on the last two Saturdays and there is one team in the B Competition which is displaying real fine football^ passing the ball in good style. Th<* Hutt forwards are willing and verjj eager but are not using their heads and both feet enough in dribbling, etc., and kicking far too hard in the tight play. The backs imagine tie side line is the objective, the centre especially runs- toward the side line and then passes to the wing, only giving him about ..a yard to work in. What happened when Woods had a clean space and room to run in? —a good try. Tb.& Hutt team is a good one, and only requires strategy and tactics explained on the blackboard. This will eliminate the free kicks such as were givren against the team last Saturday. There was one forward in the scrum oilJ iting and the centre three-quarter vasup too close, consequently when he receive a pass it was thrown, f•.>t"»rac&. and a penalty given. I mast congratulate the referee on. ilia tjuick,. sound and impartial /-uli-'ig, fit as a iiddle and was with Jb.3 ball all too time. He was over tho li*w as so.-m as- " Woods. He was also on th«» touch iin& as quickly as the liaa umoi.rj .and wa^ able to show him whero the roall vyei.t out very often. .1 trmt the "work or the referee last Saturday wiii assistthe team to correct its weat u;->!-«;3 :tnd that the man who has the ball will not forget that there are fourteen other* on his side waiting to receive in. Good luck from AN OLD GOAGH.