| Rugby is a gentleman's game .... [message #1071662] |
Mon, 12 June 2006 17:13 |
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This story speaks for itself ....
Offbeat News
Monday, June 12, 2006
Russian police mistake rugby match for brawl
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians playing a game of amateur rugby were
arrested by police who mistook the match for a mass brawl, local media
reported Monday.
"We got a call to our control room saying there was a fight involving a
lot of people on some waste ground just outside town," RIA news agency
quoted a police official in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don as saying.
The players and supporters -- nearly 100 people in total -- were taken
to the local police station. They were released without charge when
officers realized they had been playing rugby, the news agency reported.
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| Re: Rugby is a gentleman's game .... [message #1071673 ] |
Mon, 12 June 2006 18:38 |
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Garth Jowett wrote:
> This story speaks for itself ....
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> Offbeat News
> Monday, June 12, 2006
> Russian police mistake rugby match for brawl
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> MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians playing a game of amateur rugby were
> arrested by police who mistook the match for a mass brawl, local media
> reported Monday.
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> "We got a call to our control room saying there was a fight involving a
> lot of people on some waste ground just outside town," RIA news agency
> quoted a police official in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don as saying.
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> The players and supporters -- nearly 100 people in total -- were taken
> to the local police station. They were released without charge when
> officers realized they had been playing rugby, the news agency reported.
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Moscow? I find that hard to believe, are you sure it wasn't Cardiff?
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| Re: Rugby is a gentleman's game .... [message #1071731 ] |
Tue, 13 June 2006 06:39 |
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Garth Jowett wrote:
> This story speaks for itself ....
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> Offbeat News
> Monday, June 12, 2006
> Russian police mistake rugby match for brawl
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> MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians playing a game of amateur rugby were
> arrested by police who mistook the match for a mass brawl, local media
> reported Monday.
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> "We got a call to our control room saying there was a fight involving a
> lot of people on some waste ground just outside town," RIA news agency
> quoted a police official in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don as saying.
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> The players and supporters -- nearly 100 people in total -- were taken
> to the local police station. They were released without charge when
> officers realized they had been playing rugby, the news agency reported.
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Sure it wasn't some English Soccer fans who got lost on the way to the WC?
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| Re: Rugby is a gentleman's game .... [message #1071743 ] |
Tue, 13 June 2006 08:16 |
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Garth Jowett wrote:
> This story speaks for itself ....
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> Offbeat News
> Monday, June 12, 2006
> Russian police mistake rugby match for brawl
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> MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians playing a game of amateur rugby were
> arrested by police who mistook the match for a mass brawl, local media
> reported Monday.
>
> "We got a call to our control room saying there was a fight involving a
> lot of people on some waste ground just outside town," RIA news agency
> quoted a police official in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don as saying.
>
> The players and supporters -- nearly 100 people in total -- were taken
> to the local police station. They were released without charge when
> officers realized they had been playing rugby, the news agency reported.
Which doesn't negate the fact that they may have been brawling...
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