Witwatersrand Gold Rush - Discovery. 1  The first discovery of gold in the region is recorded as being in 1852 in the Pardekraal farm [1] by J.H. Davis an English miner.
100 yards between the goal lines. The end zones are 10 yards long each, giving it a total of 120 yards. They begin the game by kicking the ball off from the 30 yard line, not mid-field, from one team to the other. The receiving team returns the ball until the returner is tackled.
Near each end of the field is a goal line; they are 100 yards apart. A scoring area called an end zone extends 10 yards beyond each goal line to each end line. Yard lines cross the field every 5 yards, and are numbered from each goal line to the 50-yard line, or midfield (similar to a typical rugby league field). Two rows of lines, known as hash marks parallel the side lines near the middle of the field.