RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1933, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

HINTS TO PLAYERS AND PUBLIC

INTERPRETATION OF RULES,

With tho object of instructing players and public alike on certain phases of irugby, the following rules, with comment, hove been received from “Referee”:—• t

Scrummage ; The player putting, the ball into a scrummage shall stand about three feet from the scrummage ’ : ‘-and with both hands from below the knee shall gently, propel the ball along' a line midwar between, and parallel to, the lines- of feet of the opposing front row forwards.

No player ehall put the ball • unfairly into a scrummage, or the- ball having come out, return it by hand or foot into a scrummage

N)d playe t mi a sciummage raise a foot off the ground, or advance either foot beyorid the line of feet, of his front row forwards,-until the ball is f airly in the- .sarummage, and the first three feet of the front row forwards of each team- bri the side: on which the ball is being put in shall not be so raised- or advanced until the ball has passed them. A penalty kick-is awarded fo r any •breach of the -rules, so that players ought to take notice-, and they will, see why so many penalties, have ' been awarded. I will draw the players' attention on general appealing on th# field. There ia ho such privilege to any player, and even the 1 captain cannot appeal. He only has th«, right to make a claim on certain laws of-the game, such ob taking a. »eruni iuatpad of a line-out, or a scrum back instead of a penalty kick under Off-side infringements ■ will be dealt with later.

TEAMS FOR SATURDAY,

Excelsior juniors v. Boss, at Ross; — Collyer, Thompson, Tedder, Edwards, Growcott, Munns, Bell, Gardvne, T-ainui, Richards, Bruhn, Adamson. Johnston, Chisholm, DaW Cars leave Pioneer Memorial at 1.30 p.m. Shed practice Thursday. 7 p.m.