Graham Clutton accuses Wales of treating their fans badly after they hit the headlines for the wrong reasons whilst celebrating their Six Nations victory over England. Read his thoughts in the Daily Telegraph.
"Okay, so it would be wrong to judge that quartet before the facts are known, but the fact that the alleged incident has found its way into the papers is bad enough. On Sunday morning, you could hardly move in the local newsagents in Wales as half sober young men and women scrambled for the last paper in the pile, desperate to read how Leigh Halfpenny had helped Wales to another win over the old enemy...
"Forty eight hours later and the positive stories that ensued a third successive victory over England had given way to headlines like 'Gavin Henson under investigation for drunken behaviour. If it was the first time we had read such stories of players becoming embroiled in needless scrapes whilst out on the town, then maybe we could turn a blind eye and put it down to a lack of thought and experience. Sadly, it's not and that's what makes it so galling.
"...To see them under the influence and causing bother before the dust had even settled on the victory, as has been alleged, is like rubbing salt into a wound for those who have spent their hard earned money to help finance the flash lifestyles of their heroes."
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