Three former international rugby stars ‘caught up in brawl in Nando’s with 16-year-olds with one punched in the head’

THREE rugby heroes were gobsmacked by a skirmish with teens successful Nando's sparked by a lad yelling: "Where's the f*****g mean sauce?"

Drew Mitchell told however helium got punched connected a "cheeky" travel to a Cardiff edifice with chap ex-Wallabies Adam Ashley-Cooper and Matt Giteau.

The trio could hardly believe their bizarre acquisition connected what they thought would beryllium a peaceful day watching England v South Africa past New Zealand v France crippled - up of Wales vs Australia.

They saw, erstwhile they asked 1 younker successful the aggravated speech however aged helium was, helium flexed his muscles and roared: "I'm 16!"

The diversion threesome revealed their unexpected encounter in the Welsh superior connected the For The Love Of Rugby podcast, hosted by England's record-appearance shaper Ben Youngs.

Mitchell piqued Youngs' involvement by revealing: "It was a pugnacious bid travel this greeting from Cardiff."

The 127-cap presenter past asked: "Did thing hap successful Nando's erstwhile you archetypal arrived?" - with each 3 replying: "Oh, yeah."

Mitchell, 40, said: "We watched England v South Africa. We conscionable thought we'll spell for a cheeky Nando's earlier the New Zealand v France game.

"I was lining up and the edifice was wholly packed. This bloke conscionable came implicit the broadside and said, 'where's the f*****g mean sauce?'

"I was like, 'mate, you alright? There's a enactment here'. And helium goes, 'what? F*** off, mate. Where's the mean sauce?'

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"I said, 'No, mate. F*** off'. Then it kicked disconnected a small bit. You cognize 1 of those small chavs getting each big.

"He was a beauteous tiny looking dude. I'm looking astatine him, and past I get clocked from the broadside by his small mate. And past helium started to truly footwear off."

Ashley-Cooper, besides 40, interjected: "He got you clean" Ashley-Cooper and added. "I said, 'how aged are you?' He goes, 'I'm 16!' [flexes arms]."

From there the communicative became adjacent much crazy, according to Mitchell.

He said : "All the information from the barroom we were successful - Boom Battle Bar [in the Brewery Quarter] - came in. There were similar six information guards. 

"They kicked these 3 blokes out, and they were like, 'do you privation america to spell to the cops?' I was like, 'mate, it's fine. Just marque definite they're not extracurricular conscionable waiting to shank america erstwhile we locomotion out'."

Giteau, 42, past told the podcast: "You did precise well. I was like, 'Drew, we don't request this'. We conscionable got here, you cognize what I mean - successful the papers that he's ended up flogging a 16-year-old."

Ashley-Cooper added: "And it's a household restaurant!" 

To which Youngs past joked: "I emotion however helium was frightened of a 16-year-old waiting for him outside."

Unfortunately for Wales - but to the joyousness of the Oz trio - past Wallabies past handed retired a achy beating: a grounds 11th decision successful a enactment for the Dragons, by 50-22.