The Weston Sports Ground has been targeted by wheel-spinning vandals for the second time in two weeks.
Valley Rugby Club president Don Roney says the club's home ground has become a target area for young vandals and something needs to be done.
On Monday, a 17-year-old Oamaru male was arrested and charged with wilful damage, after sections of the sports ground were ripped up, a red Honda Accord allegedly being driven over the grass.
There were allegedly five people in the car.
Police were called to the domain at about 1pm, after a report of a vehicle stuck on the rugby club's practice field.
Constable Ross Lory, of Oamaru, said the 17-year-old driver was found by police in Weston. Monday's vandalism was about the fifth incident in the past three years.
''It keeps happening, time after time,'' Mr Roney said.
The most recent damage would not interfere with rugby fixtures, as the main field escaped relatively untouched, but it was causing permanent damage to the council-owned ground.
''It's hard for council and hard for us,'' he said.
''You can't roll [the grounds] because they are so muddy you can't get a vehicle on them.''
Valley players took time out of last night's training to push in the wheel marks with their boots.
''The guys train at night-time and it is dangerous,'' he said.
There is always access to the area, for access to public toilets and a playground in the domain.
''But it's getting to the stage where something is going to have to happen,'' he said.
Mr Roney suggested the culprits take up rugby, which could offer them much more enjoyment than vandalism did.
Waitaki District Council recreation manager Erik Van der Spek said the costs of repairs were still unknown.
After the last vandalism of the grounds, the council considered restricting access by locking both entrances.
''The cost and problems with the community doesn't make that feasible,'' Mr Van der Spek said.
Under consideration is the installation of more bollards around the fields to prevent most traffic from entering.
