Rugby Match Gone Bad

If you guys have been reading the papers, this piece of news shouldn't be new to you at all. At the B Division finals of the rugby competition, ACSI and SAS athletes from the rugby team were found to be fighting on the pitch right after the final whistle. Many people then became involved in the fight, including parents, etc. In the end, many players were found to be injured badly by the fight. For example, Leonard Wee, a player from ACSI, suffered facial injuries after being punched.

Now, you might seem to be showing pity for Leonard Wee. However, if you looked at the full picture, you must know that it was Leonard Wee who started the fight, insulting one of the SAS players.

Leonard, calling one of the SAS players a loser, should be blamed and rather, not pitied at all. He insulted the SAS player at such a horrible time, right after the match when the SAS player must have been feeling dejected and depressed. It was really stupid of him to be doing that at that time when the SAS player was already so emotionally-distressed. By insulting him further and even insulting his mother, he only made things worse as the SAS player would be infuriated and filled with rage, wanting revenge and therefore, starting such a violent scene. Leonard should really have thought twice before he spoke because what he spoke really caused a great impact to the whole situation and dragged so many other people down with him, resulting in a large scale brawl and so many people suffering injuries.

However, I also feel that the SAS player should be partly blamed for this. I understand how one would feel right after losing a competition in the finals, sad and disappointed. What's more is that you have to bear the emotional hurt from the other school when he insults you and your mother. The SAS player should have controlled himself and found other ways to try and report the ACSI guy instead of losing his cool and starting to beat up Leonard. I know how hard it is to control your temper at such a time but even so, you have to. Or else, if you start the fight, bad things will follow and the incident here is a perfect example. If the SAS player was just able to control himself during that split second and not act rashly, maybe this brawl would not have broken out and this would not result in the sheer bitter rivalry between both schools' rugby teams.

For me, I have been hurled at with verbal abuse before, sometimes, I know it is really hard to control. But still, you have to control. I understand that if you just so happen to make that false move and start out with a fist, a brawl will happen, a street fight will unfold and only bad things will happen.

In conclusion, I feel that people should watch their words before they say anything. Even if they say anything, you should always control yourself and don't fall into their trap by getting angry, if not you have lost the battle against yourself.