May 17, 200520 yr Rugby coach beaten unconscious at match Updated May 16, 2005, 3:36 p.m. ET ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (AP) — A girls rugby coach was beaten until he was bloody and unconscious during a weekend match, and police are seeking criminal charges against several adults. "I never saw them coming," said Craig Stewart, 55, who was kicked in the head and face by another coach and parents during a game Saturday, according to witnesses and police. The violence erupted during a tournament game between the Rohnert Park Girls Rugby Club and Stewart's team, the Alameda High School Riptide club team. The conflict began when referee Paul Berman, 33, ordered a spectator off the field. He was punched in the face three times by the brother of the coach of the Rohnert Park team, police Sgt. Art Sweeney said. Stewart intervened to help Berman and held the attacker on the ground until police arrived, detectives said. The Rohnert Park coach and up to eight spectators then descended on Stewart, Sweeney said................... http://www.courttv.com/news/2005/0516/coach_ap.html
May 17, 200520 yr QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 17, 2005 -> 09:20 AM) They play rugby in America now? Yeah, but it has nothing on Australian Rules Football, or footy, as you may call it. We also drink Fosters.
May 17, 200520 yr QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ May 18, 2005 -> 01:25 AM) Yeah, but it has nothing on Australian Rules Football, or footy, as you may call it. We also drink Fosters. Only Southsider does (and we know you love it). And yes footy is a great game, if you can understand it. We had a German friend over at our house on the weekend and we spent about 45 mins teaching him the rules on the TV. He had the most fun when a bunch of players started a melee and threw some "jumper punches".
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