RUGBY FOOTBALL LAWS
UNIFORMITY AIMED AT ENGLISH UNION’S DECISION. Australian and NZ. Cable Association. LONDON, November 12. A special meeting of the English Rugby Union unanimously decided that the International Board’s laws should be observed for tho remainder of the_ season. Mr Baxter, the president, said he was most anxious to get unanimity in the laws. The union would endeavour next in March to induce the International Board to accept the' union’s rules. Sir Howland Hill said that the game would be spoiled if the laws differed. It was absurd to think of New South Wales in their British tour next season having to discuss in different countries the set of rules under which they had to play. The chairman said that the decision showed that England was prepared to make a temporary sacrifice for the sake of uniformity. Her lead would he ret- | echoed throughout the Rugby world. '
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12604, 15 November 1926, Page 3
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149RUGBY FOOTBALL LAWS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12604, 15 November 1926, Page 3
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