A team 15 comprised our favorite alcohol-fuelled nutters and wasters. Sad truth tho, Most are, were or could have been top class! SARS your gona love it!
P.S. this list was not made by me just a happy find on the outernet.
The final one is actually NOT funny at all.
15 Danny Cipriani
Henson-like tale of drunken buffoonery and unfulfilled talent
14 Chris Ashton
Part of England's infamous dwarf-throwing excursion and accused of harassing a hotel employee
13 Gavin Henson
Has consistently courted controversy, career now looks irretrievable
12 Mathieu Bastareaud
Claimed he was mugged in New Zealand after injuring himself by drunkenly tripping over a table
11 Wendell Sailor
Several drink-related incidents plus a suspension for the use of that white powder.
10 Quade Cooper
Fined for nightclub abuse and taxi cab vandalism and also had to see off accusations of burglary
9 Danny Care
Lost his England place due to alcohol-related antics
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1 Matt Stevens
Banned for two years after testing positive for the white powder
2 Andrew Hooooore (had to spell it wrong because it was flagged) LOL
Convicted and fined for shooting and killing a protected fur seal
3 Keith Murdoch
All Black who was sent home for assaulting a Welsh bouncer and became a recluse in the Aussie outback
4 Willie Anderson
Fell foul of Argentinian authorities after 'boys on tour' flag incident
5 Justin Harrison
Accused of racial slurs in 2005 and later involved in Bath white powder scandal
6 Andy Powell
Will always be remembered for his drunken golf cart joy ride
7 John Jeffrey
Suspended after kicking Calcutta Cup down an Edinburgh street in 1988
8 Marc Cecillon
Found guilty of murdering his wife after drunken argument
N.B on the final. Sentenced to 20 years, reduced to 14 on appeal. Yet released from prison after 5 years. French Justice! Love it
Rogues of Rugby!
posted on 22/6/12
The Stevens one is better, I used to live just down the road, and have friends who were out in Bath all the time. Anyway, Bath is tiny - maybe 60-70,000 population, if that, so the rugby players are easy to spot - you'd imagine that would make them try to fit in and keep their heads down, however, ...
Stevens was out leading a group of players including some youth players, all of whom had "had a few" - nothing desperately new there, unfortunately he was "singing" (or rather roaring) "Class A, It's OK, Everybody's doin' it"
- Oh dear!
Cecillon I have some sympathy for, he was trumpetted as the great saviour of French rugby and in the 1991 World Cup (?) was about to run in a try (around half time I think) that would put France firmly on top against England, when he ran head long into Mickey Skinner who hammered him back about 10 metres, the shock was so great neither France nor Cecillon recovered. Tragically, Cecillon never really recovered and it seemed to open a chasm of self-doubt lurking within him, after his playing days were done it seemed to consume him and he hit the bottle big time to swallow that up.
He then began to fear his wife was having an affair, and hit the bottle even harder to essentially shut the voices up in his head, but at a family barbecue he drank too much, ended up in a row with his wife and tragically shot her, with his family and children all within earshot.
Apparently the police had to strike him with batons to loosened his grip on his wifes body and he couldn't talk through tears for several days afterward, and was on suicide watch all throughout the trial, when he often couldn't speak and repeatedly broke down
posted on 22/6/12
PS - also disappointed with Hoo-er
He should have clubbed it to death, Willie John McBride or Gareth Chilcott would have battered it to death with their own heads
Players these days etc ....
posted on 22/6/12
Was it henson or cipriani who told all his teammates after a game that he could have sharggged any of their wives if he'd wanted ?
posted on 22/6/12
Nobody can even come close to Zac Guildford. He just wins.
posted on 22/6/12
thats a good one JPB, I'd be tempted to guess Henson, but I'm not sure
posted on 22/6/12
i think it was henson SARS
what's the story with that guildford then aristo ? i googled an article which said that he walked naked into a bar and punched two fellas out. but i also found an interview (which seemed to be about the same incident) in which a new zealand official stated that no incident took place, but the player had been reprimanded internally for drinking excessively ?
a couple of the stories in the article there are pretty sad. the guy who took off to the outback, but of course mostly the french guy.
re the team selection, i'd have thought that tindall and tuiglagi would be pushing for a place, based on their world cup performances.
willie john mcrbride for threatening to turn his lions squad against the local police if the hotel manager called them regarding an incident which had taken place in the hotel.
the argentian prop who polaxed wade dooley.
trevor brennan !! for attacking a spectator
coach would have to be dean richards wouldnt it ?
how about lol dallaglio (charlie) and wll carling (princess di) ?
(i cheated with the last 2)
posted on 23/6/12
Didnt know it was denied.
posted on 23/6/12
Zac Guildford should be on the wing.. Assaulted two holidaymakers in a bar in Rarotonga last year while he was drunk and naked haha
posted on 25/6/12
JPB just on your suggestions i think the guy who wrote the article originally was using players who were drunk or drugged. So Brennan etc etc dont count.
But ye Guildford got away this time. he should most defiantly be in there if the story is true....
posted on 25/6/12
The Guildford story appears to be true (see link below). Thats a story that even a Premiership footballer would be ashamed of - I like the fact that after assualting the folks he seemed to "wake up to the fact he was naked"
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10765875
Jono - good to have a Kiwi on hear, can I just ask what its like to support a country that ALWAYS goes into a game as favourites - does it ever get boring and is their anyone who New Zealand fear? France perhaps?