Howe of Fife: Scottish Rugby Union hands out bans for initiation ceremony
Two officials and 14 players from Howe of Fife rugby club have been banned after a team bus initiation ceremony.
Coach Garry Horne - father of Scotland back Peter - and president Murdo Fraser have been suspended for a year, after a player "suffered internal injuries".
Two players have been suspended for two seasons, with 12 others given bans of between six and eight weeks.
In a statement, Scottish Rugby said "the actions of those involved have absolutely no place in our sport".
Two players were arrested and charged with sexual assault following the incident, which happened after a game against Jed-Forest in September 2016.
But the case did not go to court and was dealt with by way of an alternative to prosecution, known as 'direct measure' in Scotland. Direct measures can include warnings, fines or compensation orders.
Horne and Fraser, who resigned in June after Scottish Rugby launched an investigation, were said by the governing body to have failed to exercise "reasonable and proper control" over the players under their supervision during the incident.
Howe of Fife - currently in League Division One, the third tier of Scottish rugby - has been fined and from now on all office bearers, trustees, directors and players over the age of 18 must "attend a series of leadership workshops" to change the culture of the amateur club.
"The behaviour of those involved in this incident, including several individuals in positions of authority at the club, was completely unacceptable," Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson said.
"Significant sanctions have been applied and Scottish Rugby will not hesitate to take action against any club, official or player behaving in a similarly unacceptable manner."
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I was on a few wild bus trips back in the day as a player but ffs, police involved!
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Silly sods, no sympathy for them, "internal injuries" to the guy FFFS.
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Is this how Marcell got “injured”....the UR knee updates never made sense to me....but now it all falls into place....LK was on “cucumber duty” on the back seat.
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Throw the book
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Banbridge and riding the goat has to stop
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Wasn't somebody suffering from "mild trauma" to the auld Jap's eye?Dharper wrote:Is this how Marcell got “injured”....the UR knee updates never made sense to me....but now it all falls into place....LK was on “cucumber duty” on the back seat.
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Not exactly,big mervyn wrote:Wasn't somebody suffering from "mild trauma" to the auld Jap's eye?Dharper wrote:Is this how Marcell got “injured”....the UR knee updates never made sense to me....but now it all falls into place....LK was on “cucumber duty” on the back seat.
But that's what happens when you 'hit the bottle'
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Nothing to do with the club. Just a right of passage for all Banbridge menGerald the Mole wrote:Banbridge and riding the goat has to stop
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I think there was a beer bottle involved in the right of passage in this incident.Russ wrote:Nothing to do with the club. Just a right of passage for all Banbridge menGerald the Mole wrote:Banbridge and riding the goat has to stop
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Initiation was to put an unopened beer bottle up your rectum and run naked down the bus
Some bellend smashed the beer bottle
Guy had internal hemeroging
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Guy had internal hemeroging
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Russ wrote:hemeroging
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They broke Kofi's dick!?Russ wrote:Initiation was to put an unopened beer bottle up your rectum and run naked down the bus
Some bellend smashed the beer bottle
Guy had internal hemeroging
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I thought he just got the beer bottle rather than actually breaking it.Dave wrote:They broke Kofi's dick!?Russ wrote:Initiation was to put an unopened beer bottle up your rectum and run naked down the bus
Some bellend smashed the beer bottle
Guy had internal hemeroging
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Either way ...