15 Feb 2010

Welsh rugby star arrested just hours after playing in win over Scotland

5:44 am on 15 February 2010

The Wales rugby star Andy Powell was arrested after driving a golf buggy towards a motorway just hours after playing in his country's 31-24 win over Scotland in the Six Nations.

The 28-year-old loose forward was reportedly arrested with another 28-year-old man at a service station near junction 34 of the M4 motorway, close to the spa hotel in the Vale of Glamorgan where the Wales team were staying.

Inspector Tony McAlinden, of South Wales Police, confirmed two 28-year-old males were arrested on suspicion of taking and driving away a golf cart.

He says one of the males subsequently failed a breathalyser.

The identity of the other man is not known and police would not confirm who failed the breathalyser.