Drunken rampage in New Zealand

Three players from Taranaki were arrested yesterday following "a drunken rampage" in Napier.

Police were called just before 1.30am with reports a group of five men were causing chaos along Hastings Street and up Shakespeare Road after being refused entry to Rosie O'Grady's Irish Pub.

Senior Sergeant Mal Lochrie says officers caught up with the group in the suburb of Ahuriri after they had walked over Napier Hill. He says they threw and kicked rubbish around, ripped down signs, abused people, damaged letterboxes and shattered a parked car's windscreen with a tree branch.

Mr Lochrie says three cricketers, aged 18, 23 and 26, have been charged with disorderly behaviour. The Taranaki Mens A side was in town over the weekend, playing Hawke's Bay.

More at Auckland's Newstalk.