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22nd Jun 2015

Video: Waterford club hurling championship match marred by violent scenes as mass shemozzle breaks out

Horrible stuff

Conor Heneghan

Horrible stuff.

A club hurling championship encounter between Dungarvan and Mount Sion descended into chaos yesterday when a mass brawl broke out and forced the game to be abandoned for a number of minutes.

Several players from both sides became involved in a fracas in front of the stand in Fraher Field shortly before half-time and a Dungarvan player fell to the ground after appearing to be struck by the swinging hurley of a Mount Sion opponent.

Waterford star Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion) and Dungarvan’s Colm Curran were sent off as a result of the brawl, with Dungarvan going onto win on a scoreline of 1-22 – 2-16.

Be warned that the footage above contains violent scenes and language of an industrial nature from the crowd watching on.

Hat-tip to our brothers at SportsJOE.ie for the video