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The most-watched rugby video of 2024 sees players brawl before everything changes

-Credit:Championship Rugby
-Credit:Championship Rugby


The year 2024. Twelve months filled with entertaining moments right from the root of the game, up to the starry heights of Test rugby.

Ireland won the Guinness Six Nations, Pieter-Steph du Toit won World Rugby Men's Player of the Year award, while South Africa won the Rugby Championship.

With grassroots tries and Warren Gatland's fiery post-match interviews some of the most-watched on our Facebook page, what video did the WalesOnline audience watch the most?

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Coming out on top with 510,000 views is a mass brawl with a unique twist.

In a game played at high intensity between adrenaline-charged individuals, it's not unusual for tempers to flare and violence to start.

However, what's quite different about this specific bout of fisticuffs is that all the players can be observed shaking hands with each other just one minute after the brawl.

The moment took place in the Doncaster Knights v London Scottish match in the English Championship, and it all started when a Scottish player kicked the ball out to end the game, but was flattened by a Knights player in the process.

A huge pile-on was created after the late hit, with multiple players contributing to the chaos. Footage posted by Championship Rugby shows the episode cutting comically from the heat of the violence, to a single minute later, where they are all shaking hands.

You can watch the clip below. It was captioned "All's well that ends well".

WalesOnline's viewers were loving the footage, and took to the comments to share their thoughts.

"Notice it was the (replacement) scrum-half who came running over to do some shoving. It’s always the 9 that starts things then hides behind some forwards!" wrote one.

"Hooligan's game played by gentleman. Loved and played the game all my life," said another.