NINETEEN rugby players from Manchester were thrown off an EasyJet flight after a drunken row with passengers, police have said. The team were on board a Friday afternoon flight from Liverpool to Cologne when trouble broke out before take-off.

The group, thought to be on a stag weekend, were removed from the aircraft and one man was arrested. A 26-year-old man from Stretford was charged with being drunk on an aircraft and being drunk and disorderly.