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Steffan Thomas

Welsh comedian and rugby coach 'sworn at' by under-13s player and coach as he referees game

Welsh comedian Mike Bubbins refused to officiate the second half of an under-13s rugby match after receiving verbal abuse from a player and a coach.

Bubbins, who is a rugby referee, claims a child swore at him just before half-time after he had given a scrum against the team in question. Refusing to tolerate such behaviour, he left the pitch and handed the whistle to another referee.

"I just said 'I am not doing the second half!'" he told the Parenting Hell podcast. "You can referee it. I don't need this. I had the coach and the players on the pitch swearing at me at an under-13s rugby game.

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