The RFU have fined Leicester amateurs Aylestone St James £1,575 for “forcibly removing the underwear” of three anonymous north east-based officials.
The incident took place at Aylestone’s Covert Lane clubhouse after a Midlands Three East (North) match with Grimsby.
bbc
The referee was unaware of a tradition that patrons should wear no underpants.
Several club players and members then “ripped off his underwear whilst he was still wearing trousers” and two other officials arrived to the same welcome.
In one of the officials’ written statement, he described the experience as “humiliating and embarrassing”, and said he suffered “12 hours of some discomfort and pain”.
Aylestone stated to the disciplinary panel, who described the act as “a physical assault”, that “the club deeply regretted the referees were subjected to discomfort and/or humiliation.”
Of the £1,575 fine, £1000 was a voluntary donation by the club to the charity of the officials’ choice
Latest League Table
Midlands Division » Midlands 3 East (North)
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| 1 | Ashby | 17 | 75 |
| 2 | West Bridgford | 16 | 69 |
| 3 | Lincoln | 17 | 68 |
| 4 | Sleaford | 17 | 68 |
| 5 | Southwell | 17 | 54 |
| 6 | Boston | 16 | 39 |
| 7 | Aylestone St James | 17 | 37 |
| 8 | Grimsby | 17 | 29 |
| 9 | Nottingham Moderns | 17 | 24 |
| 10 | Mellish | 17 | 24 |
| 11 | East Retford | 17 | 18 |
| 12 | Skegness | 17 | 7 |
Scrumdown I put this one up especially for you… because of your interest in the rugby in that region.
Aylestone St James rugby club play in blue and white striped jumpers
Traditions are almost as old as the game itself, let it be.
So 3 fuddy duddies can mar decades of tradition because they don’t want to go cammando?
Shame, they should grow a pair…….as long as the pair is covered by a Y front that is
Hehehehe. Gotta love some “traditions”.
@ nortierd:
till wearing shorts, ouch.
Got me confused man, go kommando but also cover with a y front… traditions are fine but says these refs weren’t aware of these ones so couldn’t have been very nice to get under pants ripped off by a bunch of sweaty rugger buggers while s
@ Scrumdown:
a bit worried about you liking this tradition
do you know some of the clubs listed in the league table?
@ Bullscot:
Can’t say that I do.
A bit confusing because the likes of Grimsby and Skegness are DEFINITELY NOT East Midlands teams.
@ Bullscot:
There surely are some strange types over in the East.
(I’m actually from the WEST Midlands (read Warwickshire).)
Far more civilised – OK except for that old bird on a black horse who rode around the city starkers to protest against taxes or something.
@ Scrumdown:
if you look at the clubs they seem to be more in the Tyne and Wear area and Lincolnshire etc, but then Nottingham Moderns and the Leicester based Aylestone there is definitely some Midlands there. Some town names are quite apt, eg. if you were sitting on open stand in Grimsby watching a game with the cold wind blowing off the North Sea it would be quite Grim. Which makes me concerned as have booked a night stop over in summer in Gravesend so who knows what awaits there 
ok will take your word your side are more civilized, except for that “old bird”
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