RUGBY RULES

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1932, Page 5

RUGBY RULES

DECISION GIVEN BY N.Z. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 16. (v.'T-he matter of scrum formation' was again befor e the New Zealand Rugby Union’® management conimittiie' last night, the secretary of the’’ Ttawkes •BaynjJh'ion writing on the meeting |p inquire :-avli4t M, ?teps were being ’ taken to> s£e ’'thh't Till ' unions are adopting the new rule of”'three men in tH'i s*'front 5 *'front row, together with the abolition of the wing forward, and mentioning that one Union, at least, was not adopting it. The chairman, Air *S. S. Dean, expressed the view that those unions were not acting in the spirit of the decision.

Air Glasgow: It is a gentlemen’s . decision. Air Kitto: We cannot force them. Members; No. It was agreed to reply on the lines of the chairman’s remarks, • > j The New South Wales Union’s management committee' wrote. that it was r e commcnding its council tb’t.akhaction in regard to the proposed rugby foot-: . ball commission On much the same finds at those taken iu New Zealand. The Nelson Union requested a ruling whether a team ie entitled to take on a player, to, replace an injured man when th^'"opposing captain will not; give his consent. No arrangement had >; ,J)ee.n made in respect to replacement,' before th e match started. It was decided to reply that, under the circumstances, a player could not he replaced. North Otago wrote accepting ■ the offer of a grant of £69 towards the. tour of the Seddon 'Shield’s districts. It was expected that the tour would commence on August 30. ;It was decided to make the same grants as last year for school football 1 )', and that next year a large supply of balls be procured with a view to distributing the balls in lieu of cash grants.

Decisions on points' in regard to the rules were confirmed, among them being: In the 3-4-1 .scrummage, is the ball out ,of the scrummage when it iclear of the. feet df the second row of forwards ?—Yes. When the ball is clear, of the feet of the .second row of forwards, can the backrow. man detach himself from the scrummage, and pick up the ball without retiring behind it? —Yes. Can the half-back play the ball ns in the position in question ?—Yes.