Brittany Keogh05:00, May 11 2021
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At least one Marist St Pats player was allegedly involved in a brawl with rival spectators at a game against Old Boys University on Saturday. (File photo)
Violence at a Wellington club rugby match during the weekend, which may have been sparked by a racial slur yelled from the sidelines, was among the worst a witness, who is a veteran journalist, has seen in 10 years of reporting on the sport. A fight, involving players and spectators, broke out in the last minutes of the Jack Lamason Memorial Cup match between Marist St Pats and Old Boys’ University at Wellington College on Saturday afternoon.
Rugby: Wellington club team banned for three years from tournament after vicious attack
2 Feb, 2021 05:35 PM
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A brutal attack during a sevens rugby game in Upper Hutt left a promising young player in hospital with serious facial injuries. Photo / Photosport
NZ Herald
A Wellington club rugby side has been banned from a sevens tournament for the next three years after a brawl sent an opponent to hospital in scenes described by one referee as the most disgusting thing I have never witnessed on a rugby field .
The Wellington Rugby Football Union banned Marist St Pats from the Ambassador s Sevens Tournament after a disciplinary hearing.