NEW RUGBY LAW.
THE KICK INTO TOUCH. .ADVANTAGE RULE APPLIES. (By Telerrnph.——Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Thursday. Considerable discussion arose at a meeting 01' the: Management Hnmmiltce of the New Zoalaml Rugby Union as to a ruling which should be given “hen the hall is kickvd into touch and went out on the full behind lhc pl‘qcr \\hu kicked it.
It \\‘as reported that referees in \\’elliugton on Saturday ruled that as the hall went out, on the full :1 lineout. had to be taken opposite the spot from \\'here it was kicked, although when the rule was in force previously the advantage rule applled, the line-cut. being ordered where the ball “out, out. It, was decided to advise unions that in future the advantage rule should be applied and forward slmllar advlee to the New South Wales. Victoria and Queensland L‘ntons. as covering matches between New Zealnnd and Australia. The rule as adopted reads: “It a player outside nts own twenty-the makes a kick and the hall pitches into touch on the full behind him, the advantage rule is to apply and a line-out. taken where the bull went into touch. The new rule dues not apply to the Iluck-OH.“
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19903, 4 June 1936, Page 6
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