Henson KNOCKED OUT by new Bath team-mate... and he's not even made his club debut yet



Bath are investigating an incident in which new signing Gavin Henson was allegedly punched and knocked out by a team-mate, believed to be Carl Fearns.



The controversial former Wales international was hit at the Pig and Fiddle pub where he was drinking with a group of nine friends on Wednesday night.



Police responded following an allegation of aggressive behaviour but both Henson and Fearns left the pub and no offences are being investigated.

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'Swanning around': Witnesses described the incident as 'disgusting'

The Pig and Fiddle has declined to comment on the incident but eye-witnesses branded it 'disgusting' and accused the former Wales international Henson of arrogantly 'swanning around'.



'We are speaking to all those involved to clarify the situation,' said Bath chief executive Nick Blofeld.



'When we have all the facts, we will make any appropriate statement.'



New signing: Gavin Henson has only just arrived at Bath CCTV footage: The two players are alleged to have squared up while drinking alcohol Aggression: It is alleged the situation escalated when Henson was told to calm down

It is alleged that Henson and 6ft 3ins Fearns squared up after the former was told to calm down, resulting in the latter allegedly punching Henson so powerfully he fell to the floor where he remained for five minutes until others on the night out helped him onto a nearby chair and diffused the situation.

'There were about 10 of them in the pub getting p***** but not being too rowdy,' one witness claims.

Impact: Police were called before the situation was diffused

Falling: Henson's career has been undermined by controversy

Floored: The incident took place at The Pig and Fiddle pub

'They seemed like they were all having a good time, apart from Henson who was strutting around like he owned the place.



'One of the other players told him to calm down and after a bit of a to-ing and fro-ing he just hit him.



'Henson went out like a light for about five minutes. He just lay there like a lump, right on the floor.'

The Pig & Fiddle: Henson and the team-mate are alleged to have clashed inside

The incident is not the first in which Henson has clashed with a team-mate or got into trouble while drinking. In 2005 he was forced to apologise for negative comments made about other squad members during the British Lions' unsuccessful tour of New Zealand.

He was two years later accused of disorderly conduct after 'rowdy' behaviour on a train from London to Cardiff, and then in 2009 was cautioned over an assault in Cardiff city centre. Popular haunt: The pub is in the centre of Bath

Henson was then sacked by Cardiff Blues last April after throwing ice cubes at passengers while drunk on a flight back from a match in Glasgow and, after 'flashing £20 notes at doorman', in March turned away from a Girls Aloud tour party in London for being 'worse for wear'.



Blofeld had told fans that Henson had changed his ways when he unexpectedly signed for the club last month.



'I think Gavin is much more settled and mature person than that image we have in our heads,' he said.

