Tempers boiled over at an explosive EP Rugby Union general council meeting which was adjourned for more than an hour after a bitter row over whether acting president George Malgas had the right to lead Saturday’s meeting in the absence of suspended president Maasdorp Cannon.

Tensions escalated when angry Gardens representative Marlin Sodien took exception after he was repeatedly told by EP executive member Mbulelo Gidane to sit down while he was trying to make a point...