'Rude' rugby team booted from plane
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:31
The South Canterbury team were booted off an Air New Zealand flight last weekend for being "rude" to an attendant.
A report in the Timaru Herald said the team were flying home from Gisborne, after beating East Coast in the Heartland Championship at Ruatoria, when the attendant took exception to a player's comment and complained to the pilot.
The team were then offloaded at Wellington and rescheduled to a later flight to Christchurch.
South Canterbury coach Ken Wills said the attendant had overreacted to a single comment.
"One of the guys was trying to use a pick-up line and exchange text numbers," Wills told the newspaper.
The comment was along the lines of "I like the way you walk".
Wills said the team had apologised and he was sure it would not happen again.
Air New Zealand declined to comment.
