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Conor Gogarty

WRU's new Six Nations alcohol policy 'doesn't go far enough'

New measures to prevent drunken behaviour at Wales rugby games do not go far enough, says former wheelchair rugby star Paul Davies.

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has announced Principality Stadium's bars will close after half-time in the Six Nations men's championship — one of several trial measures aimed at avoiding a repeat of the antisocial behaviour from the autumn series.

The autumn internationals saw a six-year-old boy being vomited on by a drunk fan as well as two pitch invader incidents. Mr Davies, who represented Wales and Great Britain in wheelchair rugby, said the series was plagued by the worst drunkenness he had seen in 40 years following the Welsh rugby union team.

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