Originally Posted by Fedya:
This story made me think of ChilliJon's Viking fan softball parent:
quote:Under-8s rugby game called off after adults storm field
A junior rugby game was called off Saturday when adults stormed the field after an altercation between some of the young players.
The game, played by under-8-year-olds from Ponsonby Rugby Club and Waitemata Rugby Club, came to an end minutes before the end of the match because of the incident.
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He understood that an adult from the Ponsonby team had "manhandled one of our kids".
He was stopped by the mother of the child, and there was an "altercation" between the two, Mr Mallabar said.
However, he stressed he had only read one report into the incident.
"Until you hear both sides, you don't know."
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It's not the first time spectator's tempers have flared at rugby matches. Four Auckland Grammar and five Kelston Boys' players were banned in 2009 after scores of spectators waded into an on-field brawl between the boys.
Police were called after a referee was punched in the face, allegedly by a spectator, at a rugby final between Auckland Grammar and De La Salle College last August.
In June, two Porirua men attacked supporters and the coach of the opposing team at an under-11 game. The previous month a parent grabbed the ref's throat at an under-10s match in Papatoetoe.