Undercover police deployed at Twickenham to stop rugby fans urinating on houses

England rugby bosses are set to deploy undercover police outside Twickenham to cut down on antisocial behaviour on matchdays, following reports of fans urinating and fighting in the street.

Rugby Football Union (RFU) officials are reported to have made the plans in a bid to increase their chances of being allowed to host major music concerts and other non-sporting events at the stadium. Doing so would allow them to fund the upgrades that they are looking to make to the home of English rugby, which are set to cost around £660 million.

The 82,000 capacity ground - known for sponsorship purposes as the Allianz Stadium - currently hosts three non-sporting events a year, but RFU chiefs plan to increase that amount to 15.

However, strong opposition to those plans from local residents saw it decided in October that the three-event limit would remain.

A sub-committee meeting reportedly saw just 13 out of 205 representations vote in favour of the RFU's proposals, with residents complaining about the antisocial behaviour they face from rugby fans and concert-goers, including people urinating against homes near the stadium.

"There are regularly drunken adults urinating on properties," one complaint from a resident read. "There is also shouting, swearing, and sometimes fighting in the streets.'

Now, the RFU reportedly plans on holding a drop-in session with local residents to share their proposals to improve the matchday experience for those living around Twickenham, where Wales will kick off their Six Nations campaign against England next month.

Those proposals include plain clothes officers being deployed around the stadium on matchdays as well as the introduction of civil enforcement officers to crack down on anti-social behaviour.

Other reported plans include such behaviour being punished via fixed penalty notices, while temporary barriers are also set to be put up in alleyways to prevent fan access.

Under the plans, Twickenham Station could also be revamped to allow twice as many passengers onto each train and avoid congestion in and around the station.

It comes after RFU boss Bill Sweeney said that hosting more non-sporting events was "essential" in allowing for reinvestment in Twickenham, adding that they plan to stay at the stadium having previously threatened to leave for new venues in either Milton Keynes or Birmingham.

"We've laid out very clearly for [Richmond council] what it means for us," he said. "Those events are essential for us if we're to reinvest in the stadium and the stadium needs reinvestment to keep pace with other stadiums.

'It's not a grandstanding negotiation tactic. We need those in order to justify the investment into the stadium. They understand that. They want us to stay. And our plan A is to stay.

"We contribute over £90m to the local economy and well over £100m to the greater London economy," Sweeney added. "They want us to stay here but purely from a financial validity point, it's essential we get those extra events. I'm confident."