There should be zero tolerance when it comes to this kind of thing.
We all know that rugby is a physical game.
Due to its attritional nature, it can be very easy for tempers to boil over but thankfully, at the highest levels of the game at least, we don’t see as much violent behaviour as the sport’s detractors might suggest.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t always hold at the lower levels of the game.
Footage has emerged on Twitter of an English club rugby game taking place between Bletchley RFC and an unnamed side.
At the very beginning of the footage, you will notice the Bletchley second row approach an opposition player and subsequently throw a punch into the back of the head of his opponent.
@EnglandRugby @BucksRFUNews 6 week suspension for knocking a bloke out & bursting his eardrum with a cowardly punch from behind? #disgrace pic.twitter.com/alJMQ0Gn4b
— Ken Kavanagh (@ken_kav) February 27, 2017
According to the Twitter account which shared the footage, the victim reportedly suffered a burst eardrum and the second row only received a six-week ban for this cowardly act of play.
