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Was at work today when I was serving a customer and he told me that he had heard something that went down last Sunday with the Ospreys Xmas meal at Taibach RFC. So I went on the investigation front and came across this from a facebook friend.
The source was later said to be true by two of my mates one who plays for the club and one who's misses was working at the clubhouse.
Also Western Mail might not make a fuss of this because Lyn Howells loves the Os!
Interesting thing I've just been told... Ospreys had their Xmas party in the big room upstairs in Taibach clubhouse Sunday night. Riots there apparently - they've trashed the place. Some allegedly smoking pot... - fighting broke out, Jamie Nutbrown in hospital, toilets wrecked, furniture thrown around, vomit everywhere, windows broken, staff of Taibach RFC threatened, kids in a party downstairs were witnesses to a disgraceful display of behaviour. Cuddy and Ospreys management are trying to hush it up. Main perpetrators apparently are 4 Welsh Osprey players.
A bit more info on this - apparently they all had lunch at the Bagle Brook before heading for Taibach. By about 7pm some could hardly stand up, and were throwing glasses around, so the steward shut the bar. Welsh international winger, hooker and former All Black walked out in disgust. CCTV caught it all, including about eight of them rolling and smoking spliffs. former All Black pulled the Welsh hooker away from another Welsh backrow player - apparently the hooker lost it with the backrow and was going to belt him one.
An off-duty policeman also witnessed it all.
So many of them were throwing up that the steward had put out buckets for them to be sick in. Fly Half then started picking up the buckets and throwing the contents around the room.
Professional sportsmen? Good grief!
A source has been to Taibach RFC this evening - his son plays for Taibach juniors and they had their Xmas party Monday night. Coach of the juniors is the club stewardess' husband, and he confirmed it all. Ospreys are now trying to come the heavy handed big brother insisting that it's kept quiet - Scott Johnson been down there demanding silence and also trying to insist that Taibach hand over the CCTV tape which contains much incriminating footage. He says Taibach have always been very pro-Ospreys, but are not happy with the way this is being handled and are awaiting a more official communication from the Ospreys board before they decide what to do about it. I've also heard from elsewhere that they ran up a £4500 bar bill and caused at least £5000 worth of damage.
The source was later said to be true by two of my mates one who plays for the club and one who's misses was working at the clubhouse.
Also Western Mail might not make a fuss of this because Lyn Howells loves the Os!
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