Sport | Club rugby violence rears its head again in Boland

Players from Saldanha and St Helena engage in the brawl that stoked the cancellation of the match .

• Violence has once again dogged the Boland club rugby scene after a match between Saldanha Bay and St Helena Bay had to be called off.
• One spectator sustained head wounds after being cut with a broken bottle top.
• Saldanha’s executive committee slammed the incident in a statement, labelling it “deplorable”.

The spectre of club rugby violence reared its head again on Saturday when the West Coast League match between Saldanha Bay and St Helena Bay was called off due to a mass brawl, with one spectator sustaining head wounds after being cut with a broken bottle top.

Having kicked off the hostilities with three yellow cards in the first half, the two clubs – who were involved in a similar incident for a second time this season – conspired to have the match called off in