Mayhem at the rugby pitch Click on thumbnails below to view. (Photos: ST, Mugilan Rajasegeran, Wanbao, Internet)

What others have said:

It's necessary to prevent a repeat

'Once there's physical abuse, that boy crossed the line. She probably felt that such things should not go unpunished.'

- A sports official

It should have been settled in private

'I think the parties involved should settle it away from the public eye and preferably in the presence of their teammates.'

- Lim Kwun Tong, 17, Raffles Institution Student

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How MOE handles such incidents

ON THE normal disciplinary procedures for incidents that occur in school sports,

Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education and Home Affairs) Masagos Zulkilfi said:

'Within our own processes at MOE, we already have one that is set up by independent conveners of the sports as well as people outside the conveners of the sports. They will make a judgement of what happened and what kind of appropriate action we should be taking towards the individual, or the school or the team, depending on the outcome of the committee.'

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