HUNDREDS of students enjoyed the showing of the Wales V England rugby match in the Refectory in Fulton House, but the event was marred by fights and bad behaviour.

For most students, like Charlotte Godfrey, a second year English Lit student, the showing of the match was “an enjoyable day out”.

However some students raised concerns about the amount of alcohol consumed by people at the event.

A student who wished to remain anonymous said: “I saw three fights break out, all within like five minutes of each other in the corridor outside the dining room.

“The first fight was where a few pushes turned into shoves which turned into punches. Bouncers came and broke it up, one bouncer escorted one person out.

“After this, a second fight broke out where someone else started by grabbing someone else and punching them, which was then broken up and they were escorted out.

“Finally, a blond guy head butted someone which kicked another fight off. They were quite all clearly steaming.”

Chris Buxton, a third year War and Society student, did not attend the showing of the match as he “had a [American Football] game on at the time. But I walked past when everyone was drinking outside. When I walked over the quad, everyone was coming out and they were smashed and shouting abuse at us and the cab drivers and the cars driving by Fulton House.”

A member of staff working at Costcutter during the match said: “I was working downstairs in Costcutter. There were no fights in Costcutter, but around £50 of stock was estimated to have been stolen or damaged.”

A spokesperson for the union said: “One altercation broke out at the event and this was very quickly contained by security.

“This was the biggest showing of the match in Swansea so we were really pleased that the majority had a great time and enjoyed the event.”

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