Some poor posts on this thread.

Brandishing Warrington supporters as "scum" and bringing up anecdotal stories from 1995 and 2009 contribute nothing to the debate.

Warrington are a family club - same as all other RL clubs. They have a minority of idiots - as do we. We all have to work together to oust them from the sport. Those weren't people in the stands "protecting their families". If there was a punch up around my pregnant Mrs I wouldn't be scaling a stand and throwing punches to "protect my family". You get your family away from the fracas immediately. Catalans, Warrington and the RFL should take a zero tolerance approach and set the example...

Which leads me on to my next point. The players have got to take responsibility for their actions and the affect it can have on the terraces. Nothing justifies the scenes we saw. BUT they have to start working with the referee instead of constantly whinging, complaining and acting utterly petulant on the field. Our lads have been guilty of it too. Chris Hill wants to rethink his approach as a captain. I thought his temperament was terrible and it set the tone. He lost control. Work with the referee. Get your players away and have a word with them when things get too heated. Same for Catalans.

Internally I hope someone pulls Kenny Edward's aside. He ran in at the end looking to just throw a punch and appeared to goade the supporters in the stands. I think it was Remi Casty who was quite rightly raging pulling him away. It wasn't 100% clear from the footage on Sky but if he was goading supporters I would hand out a ban/fine. Unacceptable.

In fairness to the rest of the players - they all tried to calm it down and just end the game. I would like to think there is a rule or an exception to be made where in that rare scenario at the end of a game should it happen again, the referee can put it on report and just end the match. Clap the fans and get off the field.

Give over. A few numpties on rlfans do not represent "the majority of Warrington supporters".

Fair comment, cadoo.

And you're right that players have to take responsibility. Something that the "bring back the biff" campaigners conveniently ignore, in my book.

Hill's attitude was a disgrace. And has been for a while.

Rugby League is developing a hooliganism problem, it's been building for years. Rugby league also has a problem admitting it has a problem and blaming it on football hooligans.

Now I know you're right with finals attracting casual supporters that are primarily out for the day, rather than the rugby. But why would these same casual fans gearing up for a session at Wembley, be spending all this cash traveling to France? These people involved in this trouble are official club merchandise wearing hardcore supporters that go week in, week out. The same that kick off every time I go to an away in Warrington.

Rugby league is developing a problem that Warrington already has and we shouldn't be making excuses to hide from it.

Perhaps the preasence of CCTV cameras and dear admission prices at the bigger football clubs may have something to do with trouble spreading to our game and the smaller football clubs.

In addition to supporting the Warriors, I also support a non league club who have also notice a incease in troublesome supporters.

Chris Hill is like a 7 year old girl the way he goes on moaning and whining at the ref.

On another note, why was the crowd fight being shown on TV? I know it’s filmed by the French but sky should have blanked the screen or cut to something else, no matter what the issue is to show fighting in the crowd is embarrassing.

All the off field trouble puts people off going to games, that will stop people going to Catalans. I also blame the stewards, who are probably fresh off the boat minimum wage stand there and don’t give a toss type instead of doing their jobs and making sure that things are dealt with quickly and efficiently and the police are involved too.

I know Brexit gets blamed for a lot of outlandish reasons but I think this is up there with the craziest. Even if you are right in blaming the Catalan supporters for this fracas it is not going to be because of Brexit. Catalonian people are probably in sympathy with us in our desire for independence They wish it for their own people.

Did you report this to the Catalans club at the time?? If so what was there response???

On a side note - how good was Tomkins on Saturday. He absolutely bossed the game and his range of passing is ridiculous.

It’s just a shame all the talk is about the trouble at the end. Tomkins delivered an absolute master class during the game. He was simply brilliant.

I was at that final and heard that story verified from a few wire fans. And when I heard the name of the bloke involved I didn't doubt it was true!

Or perhaps it's just the state of the country these days. Anti Social behaviour is common place these days and so is the rise in groups of kids who have been on the beer/drugs all day.

Maybe if it was kids hanging around causing a general nuisance, but these are adults that have spent a good sum of money in peak holiday period to go abroad and support their team. The vast majority are caught up in it but the behaviour of a group of Warrington fans cannot be ignored. Its alarming that its happened but was anyone shocked who was involved? to try and make any sense out of their actions is embarrassing and some of the mitigating factors put forward only condones their behaviour.

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/55 ... LglcrgV060 Make of that what you will, 4 Catalans players banned plus probably one more, one from Wire. I thought we ran the RFL

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/55 ... LglcrgV060 Make of that what you will, 4 Catalans players banned plus probably one more, one from Wire. I thought we ran the RFL

i am not defending any disorderly behaviour, and hope the culprits (from whichever club) are found and appropriately punished.
I think Cadoo said it all, there are idiots at all clubs. As an example only, have you forgotten about the Wigan Ultras, already?
They were formed with the intent of trying to create an atmosphere of fun and enthusiasm for your club, but were sadly infiltrated by a number of idiots. As I state, all clubs have been blighted at some point or another by them. To state that RL is developing a problem that Warrington already has, gives the impression that you think that Warrington is causing the spread of these issues. This is nonsense, there's always been problems with crowd behaviour in RL, they've never gone away and have, and will, surface every now and again. Ask your dad or granddad and I'm sure they'll be able to tell you stories of a scuffle or worse that happened donkeys years ago.
By making sweeping statements, when neither you nor I attended this game, just stirs up more negative feeling between sets of supporters.
It's best left to the RFL, SL and both clubs to investigate what took place, why it took place and who were the culprits. Then pass any information and evidence to the relevant authorities for punishment.