Do you think some of the problems with young people and their behaviour come from negative role models?
NO: No doubt about it! I think it all starts at home with the way children are brought up, the environment they live in and the role models they look up to. To see people like Wayne Rooney shouting and swearing on a Saturday afternoon at a football match to the referee, and other players as well, encourages children to do so and they think they can do so! The same as the Zidine incident. They think well if he can do it so can I! They have a huge part to play as role models. Unfortunately some of them aren’t the correct role models to follow. RYG: Would rugby grounds benefit from exclusion orders/bans for hostile individuals/groups of supporters? NO: If there was a major problem it certainly would, but traditional rugby supporters tend to be a much better behaved crowd, and there doesn’t tend to be that many incidents of hostile behaviour in rugby supporters. Obviously there are individuals who are troublemakers and the fact they can be banned would obviously benefit the game. The WRU h
