FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3549, 10 August 1920, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

jV.__ SOUTH ISLAND V.‘ \V;\NU.\NI.'I. On Saturday next on the Oval. To South Island Country reps. will max.->1 the Wanganui rep. team, and a. good exhibition of foo'f‘bn‘ll .<l_lould be witnessed by the spec‘t:ltor.<. The .\‘()l!Tl‘2erners will arrix-'0 here on Frid:x_\,'. nml

on Saturday there will be {lT)uut zlxiny visitin_g footballers in town. A L-h:n‘ge of 25 will be made for adnlission to the ggound.

THE ALTERED RUGBY RL'.l.I-1.5‘.

Mr. W. ‘W. Hill, hon. se'c.-otal-y of the combined Rugby Unions bf New Zeuluud and ALustra.li»:l, has re<.-(jivctl :1. calfe from the International B0:11'd stating that :1 num_b:‘r of Hm :x}tem—tions to the laws of the game of rugby uni-011 foot-bal»l_. suggc-Tstcd‘ by the Com ference of New Zezyland and ALlst'l'zlli:l, hovd last Nm‘e.mb-er have been ‘approvefi by fhe other i11tc1'11:1fionu1 bndirw. The ztltemtions approved of are: "

Law 10: There is now :10 be no» clrarge allowed in the case of a penalty kick. The kicks at goal after :1 try and the kicks from :1 mark are Still to be ;<lll)ject to ('ll:sr'g_,r<2 by the

opposing teams. Law 9: The alteration now provides for the player taking :1 nmrk being; conlpelled 7:‘o kick the ball himself. insfeml of. as at present. any playmOn the szxmc side l.»e'uls__: :|llo\\'e(l to take the kick. This Will, it is hoped improve the kicking of the wlmle team in_.~'tea.d of encullrugillg; the .<peciali.‘~:t. I.:uv 11: This has been a.lt‘ere«l so that :1 l<ick—oc af 11-.1ll'1w:1y is ‘allowed after a fry, as well S fter goal. ’l‘.\\; 21: A new law vfhicslm has been 'a<lde(.l to the rules provides for all scl'nmln:lges' taking .place in the field of play at leasf ten _\,':l.l‘dS from the touehline when the phi}: is between the 25’.=. If is hoped that this will provide :1 much greater scope for brilliancy and initiative amongst players. fl-s, it will always provide :2 blind side, as well ‘as the open Side of slay.