TINKERING WITH RULES
New rules and regulations for the playing of Rugby are in the £«r.
The business of tinkering with rules appears to have become a hobby with Rugby legislators in England and the Dominion. E.ach season brings shoals of suggested amendments, a good proportion of which eventually become adopted. It is hard for the players to keep track of them, and the public has little chance. In the circumstances, it is easy to understand why spectators frequently demonstrate vocally against referees’ rulings. They cannot be expected to know the why and wherefore of some decisions.
Naturally, changes are necessary in the game from time to time, but the conclusion has been forced upon many followers of the game that alterations are being overdone. What is wanted is a simplification of the rules; not more of them. It is a significant feature of the phase that many of the arguments heard in the club-rooms are not of stirring incidents in a game, but deal with interpretations by the referee. The virus has bitten deep.—“ Sun,” Christchurch.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270512.2.95.4
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 42, 12 May 1927, Page 12
Word Count
177TINKERING WITH RULES Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 42, 12 May 1927, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in