There was still much debate in papers about the style of game and how rules needed to be enforced to improve it. Instances of slinging or throwing a player by holding when he did not have the ball, grabbing around the neck, were not being penalised. There was a strong call for umpires to penalise rule breaches and pay free kicks. Other things like "one player who is grabbing another with the ball round the neck or other part of the body", which is expressly allowed by the rules but should not be. The teams were looking good with distinctive uniforms.