And as usual in these things none of them are wearing club colours but holding several bottles of lager. The missing link.

Stag party associated with Irlam Hornets apparently.
The girl in the photograph is Junior Sau's daughter, don't blame him in the slightest for getting involved to protect her. The fact these thugs didn't run a mile when Justin Carney and Junior Sau became involved suggests they don't have a brain to share between them.

Bull. If it was about violence all the Mail would have to do is go in any city centre on any Friday or Saturday night.

If RL isn't important enough to be reported on then neither is any violence at an RL game. If it is important enough then it deserves its results, reports and stories reporting on too.

Well when there has been fan trouble in the past we have seen fines but given what is being said about this with players involved and people getting hurt then a serious investigation is needed.

Points deduction would be a good place to start to shame these people in front of their entire clubs. Bans for the people involved from every ground, for life why not? We need to be tough and come down on this shameful behaviour. Last of all, if it comes out that someone was purposefully and positively hurt then the culprit needs a criminal conviction coming down on him. The club and the RFL need to come down on this as hard as possible.

Think a points deduction would be harsh unless Salford have a recent history of crowd violence.
Definite bans for those involved. And if it does involve any amateur RL players then ban them from the amateur game too.

They always have articles about drunks in town centres. Of course it's about violence. They say rugby not rugby league in the headline. You are just being paranoid. Yobbery has no place in sport or society. Whether that's rugby league or not.

One comment on the Mail's website calls for the player to be reported to the police for seemingly obstructing the airways of the apparent yob. Hope that doesn't happen as somebody needed to take control.

I don't give a toss what the players were doing. If they were protecting their families then good on em.

Thsre are fights inside and outside soccer grounds all the time, it's still so normal it rarely gets any attention. This gets media attention because it is so uncommon. Just a couple of weeks ago at Old Trafford www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... ns-7581048 And at Emirates. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... nt-7499602

Thsre are fights inside and outside soccer grounds all the time, it's still so normal it rarely gets any attention. This gets media attention because it is so uncommon. Just a couple of weeks ago at Old Trafford www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... ns-7581048 And at Emirates. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... nt-7499602

I am and have been a Salford fan for 50 years. This is shocking and there is no excuse. I really don't think that these are true Salford fans, none of them are wearing Salford colours. I hope that the culprits are found and banned from our game forever.

Totally agree. Can't stand the mail.

There has always been an hooligan element associated with the Salford Club, I stopped travelling to the old ground around 8 years ago when locals started throwing half house bricks into the away fans section. Also if locals recognised your car as an away fan one they would smash the car windows in.