Police not happy again at the rugby

Police say they are having a busy night in Cardiff after Wales beat South Africa

Saturday 2nd December 2017


It follows the final autumn international


A senior police officer who called for drunken rugby fans to get banning orders has reported a fresh series of crimes in the wake of Wales' win over South Africa, with increasing incidents.

Just after 8pm on Saturday evening Chief Inspector Mark Cleland, of British Transport Police, tweeted officers had already responded to: sexual assault, assault, four alcohol-related injuries, drug use and verbal abuse.

"The night is young," he added.

Just minutes later he also tweeted they had arrested one person for public disorder and that they were responding to a fight "on the station front".

It comes after the perceived drinking culture among Welsh rugby fans came under the spotlight after drink-fuelled abuse , including towards a disabled man, was reported both inside the Principality Stadium and on the streets outside following Wales' clash with New Zealand.


Empty beer glasses on the streets of Cardiff on Saturday

After that match, Chief Insp Cleland tweeted his hopes for a change in the law that would see badly behaved rugby fans subject to the same restrictions as football hooligans.

He tweeted: "Always a disappointment to review the post-incident crime and see that yet again rugby fans were worse than football fans in Cardiff this weekend with their post-Wales v New Zealand drunken violent behaviour."

Blaming drunken crowds drawn into the city centre by rugby, he said that following the All Blacks game there had been two arrests, six violent crimes and more than 20 incidents of escalating disorder prevented by early police intervention.

Ahead of Saturday's match the Wales team sent a strong message to drunken fans who cause trouble at the Principality Stadium saying "Don’t bother coming at all."

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its embarrassing that this is a sticky again on here

Another massive cleanup tomorrow in Cardiff at the Cardiff tax payers expense made by the Welsh tourist supporters the WRU should be made to pay for clean up

its embarrassing that this is a sticky again on here

Quite right - this is a non story.

its embarrassing that this is a sticky again on here

Agreed.

This is a huge story and massive issue that needs to be addressed!!! Issue banning orders and stop serving drink to these minority sport morons within a 3 mile radius of the egg stadium. Embarrassing to our great nation.

What happened to the clown at the blues game who threw a pint at an opposition player.

Like everything with the egg,brushed under the carpet.

Well done to the inspector who raised this again.

Just a few years ago the taffia media would not have responded.

This is a huge story and massive issue that needs to be addressed!!! Issue banning orders and stop serving drink to these minority sport morons within a 3 mile radius of the egg stadium. Embarrassing to our great nation.

City centre will die if that happened.

Good that's it now being reported on, always been the same going back to when i was growing up in the 70's

What I found surprising at the egg game yesterday, was that people were allowed to take their unfinished drinks out of the stadium at the end. Most venues,you have to finish your drinks in that area to comply with licensing laws.

This is a huge story and massive issue that needs to be addressed!!! Issue banning orders and stop serving drink to these minority sport morons within a 3 mile radius of the egg stadium. Embarrassing to our great nation.

The issue here for me is he hasn't directly linked it to the rugby or given details on each incident he's referring to all of which can happen on a normal Saturday night in Cardiff City centre.

This is a huge story and massive issue that needs to be addressed!!! Issue banning orders and stop serving drink to these minority sport morons within a 3 mile radius of the egg stadium. Embarrassing to our great nation.

City centre will die if that happened.

He's talking bollocks 3 mile radius of city centre is a massive part of the city in total !

Level playing field it should be,rugby bans like in football

its embarrassing that this is a sticky again on here

Couldn't agree more.

Rugby - you sit with opposition fans during the game - you are welcomed into the away clubhouse after the game for a few pints - have never seen any trouble at a Rugby match at any level and I have been to a few.

Football - you meet at the railway station - you split up into groups so the police do not suspect your motives - you meet with away fans by prior arrangement and you beat shit out of each other - then you chastise each other on the forum for "grassing".

Rugby - you sit with opposition fans during the game - you are welcomed into the away clubhouse after the game for a few pints - have never seen any trouble at a Rugby match at any level and I have been to a few.

Football - you meet at the railway station - you split up into groups so the police do not suspect your motives - you meet with away fans by prior arrangement and you beat shit out of each other - then you chastise each other on the forum for "grassing".

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Rugby - you sit with opposition fans during the game - you are welcomed into the away clubhouse after the game for a few pints - have never seen any trouble at a Rugby match at any level and I have been to a few.

Football - you meet at the railway station - you split up into groups so the police do not suspect your motives - you meet with away fans by prior arrangement and you beat shit out of each other - then you chastise each other on the forum for "grassing".

Too much football factory for you I think.

Rugby - you sit with opposition fans during the game - you are welcomed into the away clubhouse after the game for a few pints - have never seen any trouble at a Rugby match at any level and I have been to a few.

Football - you meet at the railway station - you split up into groups so the police do not suspect your motives - you meet with away fans by prior arrangement and you beat shit out of each other - then you chastise each other on the forum for "grassing".

Have you been to canton on match days recently? , away fans mix with home fans has been that way for a while

Rugby - you sit with opposition fans during the game - you are welcomed into the away clubhouse after the game for a few pints - have never seen any trouble at a Rugby match at any level and I have been to a few.

Football - you meet at the railway station - you split up into groups so the police do not suspect your motives - you meet with away fans by prior arrangement and you beat shit out of each other - then you chastise each other on the forum for "grassing".

Have you been to canton on match days recently? , away fans mix with home fans has been that way for a while

Wonder how fans in London, Manchester, Liverpool Birmingham ect ect manage to go to games without avoiding opposition fans from those city's derbies?

As for rugby fans only 1 man and his dog go to a lot of games nowadays in valley's so hardly likely to ha email aggro

Rugby - you sit with opposition fans during the game - you are welcomed into the away clubhouse after the game for a few pints - have never seen any trouble at a Rugby match at any level and I have been to a few.

Football - you meet at the railway station - you split up into groups so the police do not suspect your motives - you meet with away fans by prior arrangement and you beat shit out of each other - then you chastise each other on the forum for "grassing".

Have you been to canton on match days recently? , away fans mix with home fans has been that way for a while

Wonder how fans in London, Manchester, Liverpool Birmingham ect ect manage to go to games without avoiding opposition fans from those city's derbies?

As for rugby fans only 1 man and his dog go to a lot of games nowadays in valley's so hardly likely to have aggro

Rugby - you sit with opposition fans during the game - you are welcomed into the away clubhouse after the game for a few pints - have never seen any trouble at a Rugby match at any level and I have been to a few.

Football - you meet at the railway station - you split up into groups so the police do not suspect your motives - you meet with away fans by prior arrangement and you beat shit out of each other - then you chastise each other on the forum for "grassing".

Is this for real

That is one of the most uninformed, inaccurate posts I have seen on here for a while

There are huge numbers of rugby fans who go to the internationals just to get pissed up. St Mary Street is simply dangerous for women and none too pleasant for us blokes with these numpties looking for trouble.

Your attitude is typical of the "brush it under the carpet" attitude that makes this appear acceptable. NEWS FLASH: IT AIN'T !!!!

Most rugby tourists are Neanderthals and it's good to see the police speaking out at last. Their behaviour is a total disgrace and it's time for it to stop.

Too much football factory for you I think.

No idea what football factory is - I got it from this thread....

Have you been to canton on match days recently? , away fans mix with home fans has been that way for a while

And this Last Season. Aston Villa fans fighting with the Cardiff family stand and police following their loss today. Villa fans pelted Cardiff families and abused them.

It is incredible the sort of ballocks people on this forum try to pass off as fact.