A rugby team which touts its connections to the legal profession has apologised after members of the public complained about its players' loutish behaviour.
In correspondence seen by RollOnFriday, the Secretary of the Law Society Rugby Football Club told a disgusted passenger that her report of the squad's conduct on a train from Edinburgh to London "sounds totally unacceptable" and that, "on behalf of the rugby club I apologise". He said that heavy drinking and loud talking were part of a weekend trip, but that "no one should be subjected to the language you mention and in the confine of a day time train carriage with children present". He promised that "sanctions" would be imposed on those who had "embarrassed our Club and let themselves down".
The Law Society RFC was established in 1965 by a group of lawyers, but it is not affiliated with the Law Society. It puts forward three teams, tours internationally twice a year and accepts non-lawyers into its ranks.
A witness told RollOnFriday that for six hours on 19 November passengers on the cross-country train were forced to listen as approximately 20 members of the squad, who wore purple blazers with a crest declaring "Law Society RFC", became increasingly drunk and belligerent. "They were obnoxious and repeatedly used foul language loudly", she said. "I lost count of how many times we heard the word 'c*nt'". She said that the head of the club called a group of young women "miserable slags" and at one point was "extremely threatening" towards another passenger.
A passenger stated that several players spent parts of the journey "bragging" about being solicitors. However non-lawyers were also involved, and were identified as employees of companies including CBRE, Bloomberg, and Close Brothers Asset Management. But because even the non-lawyers wore branded clothing, members of the public were under the impression that all of them were solicitors playing in the official Law Society team. Which is particularly unfortunate given that several of them, said a witness, loudly discussed "their experience of prostitutes over the weekend".
The Law Society declined to confirm that it had nothing to do with the Law Society RFC, because after a month of news about its sexist, hypocritical and misleading travails, why bother.
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In correspondence seen by RollOnFriday, the Secretary of the Law Society Rugby Football Club told a disgusted passenger that her report of the squad's conduct on a train from Edinburgh to London "sounds totally unacceptable" and that, "on behalf of the rugby club I apologise". He said that heavy drinking and loud talking were part of a weekend trip, but that "no one should be subjected to the language you mention and in the confine of a day time train carriage with children present". He promised that "sanctions" would be imposed on those who had "embarrassed our Club and let themselves down".
The Law Society RFC was established in 1965 by a group of lawyers, but it is not affiliated with the Law Society. It puts forward three teams, tours internationally twice a year and accepts non-lawyers into its ranks.
A witness told RollOnFriday that for six hours on 19 November passengers on the cross-country train were forced to listen as approximately 20 members of the squad, who wore purple blazers with a crest declaring "Law Society RFC", became increasingly drunk and belligerent. "They were obnoxious and repeatedly used foul language loudly", she said. "I lost count of how many times we heard the word 'c*nt'". She said that the head of the club called a group of young women "miserable slags" and at one point was "extremely threatening" towards another passenger.
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A passenger stated that several players spent parts of the journey "bragging" about being solicitors. However non-lawyers were also involved, and were identified as employees of companies including CBRE, Bloomberg, and Close Brothers Asset Management. But because even the non-lawyers wore branded clothing, members of the public were under the impression that all of them were solicitors playing in the official Law Society team. Which is particularly unfortunate given that several of them, said a witness, loudly discussed "their experience of prostitutes over the weekend".
The Law Society declined to confirm that it had nothing to do with the Law Society RFC, because after a month of news about its sexist, hypocritical and misleading travails, why bother.
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The sooner most solicitors whether playing rugby or not are female the better.
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UP YOUR GAME ROF - THERE'S SOME INTERESTING NEWS OUT THERE
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Rugby team gets drunk and noisy on train;
Rugby team apologises for actions; and
Rugby team imposes sanctions on those that misbehaved.
Story of the century...
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Oh well, just reinforces the Law Society's quality image so no need to change there.
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On the other hand, as it is in the public domain, they could have no objection to a member of the public getting out a smartphone, recording the innocent banter, and uploading that on to social media. After all, it is only banter and everyone can share in the entertainment. Indeed, if there are any recordings out there, then please share them.
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