Quote Birkbygiant="Birkbygiant"Unbelievable and this is suppose to be a family sport, so the club employ bouncers, and that's why we see stewards, sorry bouncers charging in grabbing people by the collar, push children and women about and all because they made the wrong call and assaulted someone who turned out to be innocent, wow, great advert for your club and Rugby League, a sport that markets itself as family safe/friendly!'"
Its not unusual. For searches and licenced areas (bars etc) all clubs will need SIA trained staff. The costs of training their own staff for a limited number of occasions per year means that most sporting venues would subcontract that work out (again...does the JS still use CES?). The people who are used to work sporting events will be used by the same companies to work doors in town centre pubs and clubs the rest of the time. If they couldnt it would not be worth the individual paying for their own licence (as even these security companies take them on on a "casual" basis)
In short any sporting venue, whether it be football, rugby league, union, cycling, cricket etc will be using at some point people who work as bouncers at other times.
That being said..........................that does not detract from the behaviour which should be expected from these people. The accusation often leveled at the company used by Warrington is that sometimes the "bouncers" cannot switch from nightclub mode to rugby game mode. Poor behaviour reflects on the club and its own employees and that is why the club DOES act where necessary. And that is why fans should contact the club with their complaints. I have even done it myself about the stewarding at Wembley during the 2010 CC final. OK, I may have got a "brush-off" letter back BUT at least i can honestly state I did what I could.