NEWS & ANALYSIS

UFS rugby match brawl: An on-the-ground view

Videos of the events leading to the violence at Xerox Shimla Park, 22 February 2016

Below are on-the-ground videos taken by spectators of the lead up to the brawl at the Varsity Cup match between the FNB Shimlas and FNB NMMU Madibaz at Xerox Shimla Park on the Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State, 22 February 2016. 

The first is a video of the way the protesters forced their way into the stadium grounds:

The second is a video of the pitch invasion and the singing by the protesters:

 A third video shows the efforts by students to persuade the protesters to leave the field:

The fourth is of the violence that then broke out and the beatings of protesters: