27 Jun 2015

Rugby player in hospital after fight

6:00 pm on 27 June 2015

An Auckland rugby player has been sent to hospital this morning after being knocked unconscious in a post-match fight.

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Police said 30 - 40 players and spectators were involved in the fight which broke out at the Otahuhu rugby grounds after a game between Otahuhu College and Tangaroa College.

Senior sergeant Jeremy Field said by the time the police arrived, the fighting had stopped and the 14-year-old boy was found lying unconscious on the field.

"It's reported that he was knocked in the head and he was just unconscious for a length of time."

The boy has since improved and has been speaking to the police.

Mr Field said they were yet to speak to a number of other witnesses and charges could be laid.

The player was transferred to Middlemore Hospital with moderate injuries.