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2002Two South African rugby union players, Riaan Botha and Ben Korff, were found guilty of the ":2bnpoe4xbrutal slaying" of nineteen year old black man :2bnpoe4xTshepo Matloha[30.
Former Welsh international and Neath forward Hywel Jenkins was :2bnpoe4xcharged with rape:2bnpoe4x of a twenty-eight year old woman[31.
An unnamed Japanese rugby union player was :2bnpoe4xaccused of rape:2bnpoe4x[32.
Two University of California, Berkeley female students filed a lawsuit against San Diego State University and its rugby union team after they claimed they were gang-raped by the school's rugby union side.[33 Charges were dropped after a witness testified to having seen the girls leaving the incident laughing and giggling and a video of the incident demonstrated that the girls had been willing and consensual participants in the sexual activity.[34[35
2003After several alleged :2bnpoe4xracial incidents :2bnpoe4xwithin the South African Springboks, team an independent inquiry into the incidents was ordered before then being cancelled by the South African Rugby Football Union[36.
South African international Geo Cronje allegedly refused to share a room with team Quinton Davids :2bnpoe4xbecause of his race:2bnpoe4x[36[37. He was later thrown out of their World Cup training squad because of the incident.
Security was increased at the Wellington Rugby Union sevens tournament after drunken fans pelted the visiting Australian team with bottles. 20 people were arrested and 35 were ejected as fans targeted visiting teams with abuse.[38
Australian Wallabies player Matt Dunning admitted punching and breaking the nose of team-mate Des Tuiavii :2bnpoe4xduring a drunken fight :2bnpoe4xoutside a nightclub.[39
Rugby Union World Cup An un-named rugby union referee was at the centre of an internal investigation amid :2bnpoe4xconcerns of a betting scandal :2bnpoe4xat the 2003 competition.[40
2004Former Scotland rugby union international Bryan Gossman was charged :2bnpoe4xwith the rape of a woman :2bnpoe4xin Northern Ireland[41.
South African rugby union player Charlie Manuel was given a lifetime suspension by the Boland Rugby Union club after he hit opposing assistant coach Andre Carstens so hard that his eardrum burst[42.
ACT Brumbies player Henari Veratau was charged by police after he allegedly :2bnpoe4xdragged a taxi driver from his cab and then went on to steal it:2bnpoe4x[23.
Former French captain and "national hero" Marc Cecillon :2bnpoe4xshot his wife :2bnpoe4xChantal in the head with a Magnum revolver at a house party in front of around 60 guests. He was sentenced to twenty years jail for murder in 2006.[43[43[44[45
In a case lasting almost two years, English rugby union's most capped forward player, Jason Leonard, :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to drink driving :2bnpoe4xand was fined £2,500 and banned from driving for two years.[46
Argentine International and former Gloucester Rugby player Rodrigo Roncero :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to drink driving :2bnpoe4xand was banned from driving for one year.[47
All Blacks player Troy Flavell :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to charges of assault:2bnpoe4x.[48
Gloucester Rugby player Terry Fanolua :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to charges of assaulting :2bnpoe4xa nightclub doorman during post match celebrations[49.
It was alleged that Australian Wallaby Mat Rogers had assaulted and abused an individual at a nightclub in Edinburgh at 4am after the first Australia-Scotland Test on November 6, however the Australian Rugby Union took no action over the incident[50.
Mat Rogers was fined an undisclosed amount after he stated that Sydney club rugby was nothing but a "waste of time" for Wallabies players[51.
Stan Collymore alleged that several members of the :2bnpoe4xBath Rugby team assaulted :2bnpoe4xhim leaving Collymore with a broken nose[52.
An All Blacks player was granted permanent name suppression after appearing in court on charges of :2bnpoe4xassaulting his pregnant wife:2bnpoe4x. No conviction was recorded as the unnamed player was granted diversion.[48
An RFU Development officer and player at the defunct Wakefield rugby union club was found guilty on two counts of :2bnpoe4xindecent exposure:2bnpoe4x.[53
2005Aaron Mauger claimed some of the members of the All Blacks were subjected to :2bnpoe4xracial remarks :2bnpoe4xwhile playing against England at Twickenham Stadium[54.
A bouncer at a Sydney nightclub claimed that South African Springbok captain John Smit hurled:2bnpoe4x racial abuse :2bnpoe4xat him. The claims were later withdrawn without explanation[55.
Australian Wallaby international Justin Harrison called Cats winger Chumani Booi a :2bnpoe4x"stinking black c***":2bnpoe4x while in a Super 12 fixture. Team mate Nathan Grey was originally accused of making the statement but it took Harrison a day to own up to it[56.
The Welsh Rugby Union stated that thirty cases were reported to them about Welsh fixtures where match officials have been abused while on the field of play including some of a physical nature[57.
Lote Tuqiri, Wendell Sailor and Matt Dunning were all fined and put on two matches probation for being out inappropriately at night, being :2bnpoe4xintoxicated:2bnpoe4x and participating in unruly behaviour[58.
Australian Wallaby Matt Henjak was sent home from a South African tour following a :2bnpoe4xnightclub incident :2bnpoe4xin Cape Town where he threw the contents of a glass at other patrons[59[60.
Western Province player David Britz is given a two year playing suspension after :2bnpoe4xtesting positive :2bnpoe4xfor boldenone.[61
Wales captain Gareth Thomas was one of a number of former Bridgend RFC players found guilty of violent affray or sexual assault following an incident in a French nightclub in :2bnpoe4xwhich a woman was sexually assaulted :2bnpoe4xand punched. Thomas and Andrew Moore were found guilty of violent affray and fined £1000. Phill Booth was found guilty of violent affray and sexual assault, given a six month suspended sentence and fined £2000. All three were ordered to pay compensation to their victim in the 2002 attack.[62[63[64
Mike Phillips and James Goode were among a group of rugby union players arrested by police following a :2bnpoe4xpublic disorder offence :2bnpoe4xoutside a Cardiff pub.[65
Hurricanes and All Blacks representative Andrew Hore was among a group of three men found guilty of :2bnpoe4xkilling a protected Seal :2bnpoe4xspecies, in what the Judge said was a ‘grossly irresponsible, spontaneous act of hooliganism"[66. The men, who were described as ‘being involved at a high level of rugby [union’ were fined and had their Firearms permits withdrawn.
Waratahs player Cameron Shepherd was fined $5000 after being arrested for :2bnpoe4xvandalising a car :2bnpoe4xfollowing a late night drinking session.[67
2006England international Olly Barkley was arrested by police after he was involved in a fight in which one man was left with :2bnpoe4xhead injuries and a broken jaw:2bnpoe4x[68.
Boland rugby player Riaan Loots was allegedly felled by a stiff arm during a tackle while playing for Rawsonville against Delicious. :2bnpoe4xHe was then kicked in the head and died in hospital two days later:2bnpoe4x. Two players were charged with murder and three counts of assault.[69[70.
Moments before a match against Australia at Jade Stadium, All Black Jerry Collins was :2bnpoe4xcaught on live television cameras urinating :2bnpoe4xon the ground[71.
In the Western Cape of South Africa, a spectator at a rugby union match in Clanwilliam invaded the field brandishing a knife[69.
During a Super 14 fixture between the South African Cats and the Australian Western Force, four men holding AK-47s robbed the ticket desk after threatening staff[72.
During a fixture between English rugby union clubs Northampton and Bath, allegations appeared of :2bnpoe4xracism amongst members :2bnpoe4xof both teams[73.
An unnamed former All Black international was :2bnpoe4xcharged with domestic violence:2bnpoe4x, possessing an offensive weapon and threatening to kill[74[75.
Several members of the Fijian national side while in Japan were dropped after they consumed excessive amounts of alcohol before :2bnpoe4xengaging in a brawl :2bnpoe4xand damaging the hotel they were booked in at Osaka[76.
Caerphilly Rugby Football Club player Jordan Rees :2bnpoe4xstrangled his girlfriend :2bnpoe4xafter she spoke to an ex-boyfriend at the rugby club's fancy dress party[77.
The Scottish Rugby Union suspended Justin McNabb for nine months for sustained and extreme verbal abuse of a referee[78.
Lloyd McDermott, the first Aboriginal man to play international rugby union for the Australian team, claimed the reason he refused to play in South Africa was that he had to be classified as an ‘honorary white’[79.
A referee was forced to call off a match between Harlequins and Collegians after players began kicking, punching and swearing at each other. The two teams were suspended indefinitely.[80[81[82
Australian Wallaby Matt Dunning was fined $3,000 and faced a disciplinary committee after he was intoxicated and damaged a taxi[83[84.
South African player Charl van Vliet was :2bnpoe4xaccused of racism :2bnpoe4xby a black French player while playing in the French second division.[85
Northampton Saints player Mark Robinson was given a written warning after being found to have used "inappropriate language" :2bnpoe4xbelieved to be of a racist :2bnpoe4xtone towards Bath's Andy Higgins.
Wendell Sailor was fined and suspended for "behaving aggressively" while intoxicated at the Billy the BUMS cocktail bar in Cape Town, South Africa[86.He was later banned for two years after :2bnpoe4xreturning a positive test for cocaine:2bnpoe4x[87[88[89.
2007New South Wales Waratahs player Kurtley Beale was :2bnpoe4xfound guilty of drink-driving:2bnpoe4x while unlicensed, blowing twice the legal limit[90.
During a match against Ulster Rugby, Stade Toulousain player Trevor Brennan :2bnpoe4xphysically assaulted a fan:2bnpoe4x, Patrick Bamford in the crowd including repeatedly punching him [91[92[93. He was eventually banned for life and fined over the incident[94.
While playing at Ulster Rugby, the Newport Gwent Dragons were allegedly subject to :2bnpoe4xracial abuse :2bnpoe4xfrom home fans[95.
All Black Sitiveni Sivivatu :2bnpoe4xadmitted to hitting his wife:2bnpoe4x. He was arrested but later discharged without conviction and fined[96.
Drunk South African fans hurled :2bnpoe4xracist chants :2bnpoe4xand abuse at Rugby Sevens coach Paul Treu after his side lost against Samoa in the Hong Kong Sevens[97.
It was reported that an unnamed All Black tested :2bnpoe4xpositive for the use of cannabis:2bnpoe4x following a test match against France[98.
Rugby Sevens gold medalist and All Blacks player Sosene Anesi was fined after pleading guilty to :2bnpoe4xassaulting a security guard :2bnpoe4x[99[100.
Two Australian Internationals were questioned by police over the :2bnpoe4xassault of a Queensland taxi driver :2bnpoe4xduring the early hours of the morning[101.
On 19 October 2007, Australian Rugby Union (ARU) chairman Peter McGrath stood aside after Bundaberg Rum reportedly accused him of being in an intoxicated state at the Rugby World Cup in Mille, France. McGrath refuted the claims.[102.
Western Force players Scott Fava and Richard Brown were fined $11,000 and $5,000 respectively after being :2bnpoe4xfound guilty of animal abuse :2bnpoe4xduring a team bonding session [103. Speaking about the incident during a SANZAR conference, Force coach John Mitchell (rugby union) said "They won't be the only boys or only team this year that has a problem with alcohol, it's generally in most clubs"[104
Brumbies hooker David Palavi pleaded guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xassaulting police:2bnpoe4x.[105
All Blacks and Scarlets player Regan King was arrested on suspicion of assault after a fight in a Welsh pub.[106
Tongan International Joseph Vaka was arrested and given a police caution after :2bnpoe4xassaulting an airport worker:2bnpoe4x as the Tongan rugby union team made their way home from the 2007 rugby union world cup.[107
Former Bristol Rugby player Jason Hobson and ex team-mate Neil Clarke were arrested after a :2bnpoe4xman was assaulted :2bnpoe4xin a nightclub.[108
Worcester Warriors player Shane Drahm pleaded guilty in court to a charge of :2bnpoe4xunlawful wounding:2bnpoe4x.[109[110
All Blacks and Munster Rugby player Doug Howlett was arrested for :2bnpoe4xcriminal damage :2bnpoe4xafter cars were vandalised outside a London hotel. Howlett later apologised for his drunken rampage.[111
Players from the Newport Gwent Dragons spent two nights in an Italian police cell after being arrested in connection with a :2bnpoe4xfight outside a Treviso nightclub:2bnpoe4x. Allegations were made that two policeman were injured and that one of the players headbutted the windscreen of a police car[112.Two players, Rhys Thomas and Rhodri Gomer-Davies appeared in a Treviso court though some confusion remains as to what sentences were passed.[113[114[115
2008Numerous off field incidents involving players from the New Zealand Highlanders S14 team: Jimmy Cowan was convicted of two charges of disorderly behaviour, while Lucky Mulipola was :2bnpoe4xconvicted of assault:2bnpoe4x. Both players were placed on alcohol bans though the Highlanders CEO denied the existence of a drinking culture at the club[116
All Blacks loose forward Jerome Kaino was convicted of drink driving, fined $800 and given a :2bnpoe4x6 month driving ban:2bnpoe4x. The Auckland Blues player was breathlysed after he was involved in a road traffic accident.[117
South African RWC winner Victor Matfield claimed that the level of violence in the French rugby union domestic leagues was the reason he was quitting the country [118
England's tour of New Zealand became shrouded in controversy after a :2bnpoe4xwoman claimed she had been subjected to a sexual assault :2bnpoe4xby several players of the English rugby union team. An RFU investigation into events surrounding the tour cleared the players of sexual assault but found two players, Mike Brown and Topsy Ojo guilty of misconduct. A third player, David Strettle, was warned as to his future conduct.[119
South African police sought several Argentinean rugby union players after an incident in a nightclub in which a twenty year old woman was allegedly :2bnpoe4xstripped and subjected to a sexual assault:2bnpoe4x.[120[121[122
South African Rugby Sevens captain Mzwandile Stick was accused of :2bnpoe4xpushing a woman to the ground and then punching and kicking her :2bnpoe4xin an incident outside a pub. Stick denied punching the woman and said he had “only kicked her out of anger”.[123
The IRB’s Adelaide Sevens started badly after members of the Fijian Rugby Union, including Sevens legend Waisale Serevi, were accused of :2bnpoe4xfixing results for personal gain.:2bnpoe4x The Fijian Union promised to thoroughly investigate the claims[124[125
Cardiff RFC star Darren Daley (Ryan) pleaded guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xgrievous bodily harm:2bnpoe4x and actual bodily harm :2bnpoe4xagainst two women :2bnpoe4xand was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment.[126
Australian International and Western Force player Matt Henjak was sacked by his club after a fight in which :2bnpoe4xteam-mate Haig Sare received a broken jaw:2bnpoe4x. Chris Wilson, a Sydney Daily Telegraph journalist, would later reveal an astonishing 8 year cover-up of bad behaviour by the Australian rugby union[127.
2009:2bnpoe4x"Bloodgate:2bnpoe4x" – This was the scandal surrounding a faked injury to Tom Williams of English side Harlequins in a 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarterfinal against eventual champions Leinster. Specifically, Williams used fake blood to dupe the referee into allowing Quins to send in a blood replacement at a key moment in the match, at the instigation of Quins coach Dean Richards and team physiotherapist Steph Brennan. Williams later admitted that his mouth had been cut open immediately after the match in an attempt to cover up the fake injury. Richards was ultimately banned from rugby for three years and Brennan for two; Williams was initially banned for one year, but his ban was reduced to four months for his role in revealing the full extent of the scheme.[128
England and Bath Rugby representative Matt Stevens :2bnpoe4xfailed a random drug test :2bnpoe4xand was banned from sport for 2 years after testing positive for cocaine[129
The England union player Mike Tindall was convicted of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving :2bnpoe4xand given a three year driving ban and £500 fine after officers spotted his car speeding and being driven erratically on the M4 motorway.[130
Scotland RFU representative Dan Parks was convicted of:2bnpoe4x drink driving:2bnpoe4x, fined £3000 and given an 18 month driving ban. The Australian, capped 47 times by Scotland, was found to be more than 3 times over the legal limit when stopped by the police.[131
Wales and Ospreys player Gavin Henson was given a police caution after allegations of :2bnpoe4xassault:2bnpoe4x in a bar in Cardiff. He and 3 other Welsh rugby union players, Andy Powell, Rhys Thomas and Jonathan Thomas were officially rebuked by the Welsh Rugby Union.[132
An unnamed Free State Cheetahs player appeared in court accused of :2bnpoe4xraping his twelve year old cousin:2bnpoe4x.[133
Welsh Rugby Union player Gruffudd Morgan Jones was convicted of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving :2bnpoe4xand given a two year driving ban. Jones, capped four times by Wales, was found to be 3 times over the legal limit.[134
David Smith's professional career was in jeopardy as the New Zealand Rugby Union reopened disciplinary proceedings following his :2bnpoe4xdrink-driving :2bnpoe4xconviction.[135[136
A New Zealand Hurricanes player, Dane Coles, was :2bnpoe4xconvicted after admitting to abusing :2bnpoe4xand handling police during a drunken scuffle. Coles, who has previous convictions for affray and drink driving, has also faced sanctions from the nzru and ordered to undergo alcohol counselling[137
Auckland Blues player Rene Ranger was charged with assault by police. The NZRU gave the player a 1 match ban and ordered him to undergo alcohol counselling.[138[139
Auckland Blues player Taniela Moa appeared in court charged with :2bnpoe4xassault after a bottle was thrown at a female:2bnpoe4x in a rugby club. Moa was granted diversion by the Court and ordered to undergo alcohol counselling by the NZRU.[140
Highlanders rugby union player Fetu'u Vainikolo was found guilty of serious misconduct by the NZRU after an incident in a bar where Vanikolo :2bnpoe4xthrew a drink at a woman.:2bnpoe4x Vainikolo was fined $1000 and ordered to undergo alcohol counselling.[141
South Canterbury Rugby Football Union player Sione Tuita Tauelangi was convicted of:2bnpoe4x "alcohol fuelled assaults:2bnpoe4x", sentenced to a nine month supervision order and barred from licensed premises. Tauelangi, who has a previous :2bnpoe4xconviction for assaulting a female:2bnpoe4x, blamed the South Canterbury Rugby Football Union as the cause of his violent, unprovoked assaults[142.
Gloucester Rugby union player Ryan Lamb was convicted of :2bnpoe4xcommon assault :2bnpoe4xafter pleading guilty to attacking a man outside a nightclub [143.
London Irish player Richard Skuse pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm after attacking a Taxi driver and Taxi Marshall.[144.[145
Wallabies Rugby Team player Quade Cooper was fined $10,000 after he was involved in a number of incidents which included the smashing of a taxi cab window and spitting and yelling abuse towards people outside a nightclub.[146.
Allegations of assault were made after Danny Cipriani and other unnamed rugby union players :2bnpoe4xbrawled with photographers when leaving a strip club:2bnpoe4x.[147
HSBC British and Irish Lions player Mike Phillips spent a night in police custody after being arrested in a late night altercation in Cardiff. Phillips was released on 14 days bail while police investigated the incident.[148
New Zealand All Blacks star Sione Lauaki was ordered by a court to undergo anger management classes after deliberately damaging property at an Auckland motel.[149
Players from two of English rugby union's most troubled clubs, Harlequins and Bath Rugby, were involved in a bar fight, which :2bnpoe4xexposed a culture of violence and drugs within the sport:2bnpoe4x. Players from both clubs clashed in a London bar during an end of season drinking session and had to be forcibly removed by door staff, as the altercation continued on the street outside[150. Media allegations of players taking drugs before the fight were investigated by the RFU disciplinary panel.[151[152.
Not realising the cameras were still on, former England RU coach Dick Best offered the following comment on the mindset of the HSBC British and Irish Lions selectors: :2bnpoe4x“You've always got to have a coloured boy in the team:2bnpoe4x". Sky Sports later apologise for airing the remarks[153
Black rugby players face :2bnpoe4x“borderline racism:2bnpoe4x” from spectators and officials at English club games, claims an official of a Hampshire union club. Examples provided by the official of "borderline racism" at Hampshire rugby union games include "get the black " and "run run"[154.
The New Zealand rugby union (NZRU) decided to "retire" their leading referee. Steve Walsh, after an incident during an all night drinking session[155.
At least 50 people, including rugby players, were involved in a vicious :2bnpoe4xstreet brawl:2bnpoe4x on the eve of the Hong Kong Sevens. Fijian player Paula Maisiri who plays for the Manawatu Rugby Union team in New Zealand was convicted in absentia to 21 days imprisonment for attacking a policeman during the riot[156.[157
Police confirmed in court that gangs of violent youths were using the Melrose Sevens and the Sevens circuit as a cover to arrange gang fights [158.
Following scenes reminiscent of the Riaan Loots murder, the South Western District Rugby Union banned a club for fifteen years after a :2bnpoe4xmass brawl :2bnpoe4xbetween players and supporters in which the referee was attacked and a police officer's firearm was stolen[159. The match between Heidelberg and Mossel Bay was declared a "no result" due to on-field violence and claims of racism. The incident gained further notoriety when a video of the violence was posted on various news sites.[160
The Auckland Rugby Union promised an investigation after a :2bnpoe4xmass brawl :2bnpoe4xinvolving up to a hundred players and spectators broke out during a semi final game between two of New Zealand’s most prestigious schools, Auckland Grammar and Kelston Boys High School[161 Responding after the publication of photographs of the violence, the New Zealand Prime Minister Mr John Key said” I think it brings the game into disrepute, it discourages people from being active in sport and it's the wrong message to youngsters"[162.Violence also flared at the other semi final, where a supporter was hit in the face with a rock [163
The Fijian Rugby Union sacked their National team Manager, Ilivasi Tabua, due to serious misconduct[164[165.
Toka Liku, a Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union player was sentenced to eight years imprisonment after being :2bnpoe4xconvicted of beating and raping his wife :2bnpoe4xfollowing post match celebrations after the Heartland Championship.[166
Police arrested 21 rugby players after a :2bnpoe4xfemale player was struck on the head by a runaway lawn roller:2bnpoe4x while she was asleep in a tent; her team was forced to withdraw from the tournament as a result of this incident. Organisers of a Rugby Sevens tournament at Aberaeron Rugby Club later ejected a youth team from Merthyr.[167[168
Toulouse player Byron Kelleher was arrested and spent the night in a police cell after being involved in a drunken brawl following a road traffic accident.[169[170[171[172
French international centre Mathieu Bastareaud initially claimed he had been attacked by a group of drunken men outside his Wellington hotel room after France's loss to the All Blacks on 20 June. However, surveillance video showed that he had lied about the circumstances of his injury, and he later admitted that he had accidentally injured himself in an alcohol-related fall in his hotel room. Bastareaud was later admitted to hospital suffering with psychological problems[173. Ultimately, he received a three-month ban from the French Rugby Federation, commuted to rugby-related community service.[174
Bristol Rugby player Lee Robinson is arrested by police on suspicion of :2bnpoe4xassaulting his girlfriend:2bnpoe4x.[175
Former rugby union World Cup winner Percy Montgomery and current Springboks kicking coach is facing assault charges after allegedly :2bnpoe4xattacking his wife:2bnpoe4x. Montgomery missed the 2003 World Cup after he was found guilty of assaulting a touch-judge.[176
Former Wales captain and current Newport Gwent Dragons coach Colin Charvis was found guilty of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving.:2bnpoe4x Charvis, who has a previous drink driving conviction and was once the figure-head of an anti drink driving campaign, was banned from driving for two years and fined £900.[177
Quade Cooper was arrested by police and charged with burglary.[178
Joost van der Westhuizen. The former Springboks captain was sacked from his job as a presenter for SuperSport after he admitted lying about his role in a sex video, which also showed him :2bnpoe4xsnorting 'recreational chemicals':2bnpoe4x. vd Westhuizen would later apologise to the public and his wife. [179[180
In the wake of revelations surrounding the use of drugs in English rugby union, journalist and former Irish International Neil Francis would write an article in which he suggests that the use of recreational and performance enhancing drugs is rife within the sport[181.
2010Former New Zealand All Black Robin Brooke made a public apology following media allegations he had:2bnpoe4x groped a fifteen year old girl :2bnpoe4xand physically assaulted a seventeen year old male.[182
Welsh international and Cardiff Blues player Andy Powell was banned from driving for fifteen months after pleading guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving:2bnpoe4x.[183
Former Welsh international JPR Williams was banned from driving for seventeen months and fined £380 after pleading guilty to :2bnpoe4xdrink driving :2bnpoe4xcharges. Williams, a former orthopaedic Surgeon, tried to cheat the breath test by placing coins in his mouth.[184
Auckland Blues player Rene Ranger was charged with assault after a fight with a man outside a pub. Ranger failed in an attempt to keep his connection to the charges becoming public knowledge.[185[186
The New Zealand All Black and Chiefs player Sione Lauaki pleaded guilty to a third assault charge in four years after another ‘late night incident’ in a bar.[187[188
British and Irish Lions and Ospreys player Mike Phillips faced calls for disciplinary action after verbally abusing spectators during his sides defeat to the Newport Gwent Dragons.[189
The organisers of the Heineken Cup nominated disgraced former English international and Harlequins manager Dean Richards for a coaching award; Richards was banned from the sport after his involvement in the infamous Bloodgate cheating scandal came to light.[190
Former South African international James Dalton appeared in court charged with the :2bnpoe4xattempted murder of his former wife:2bnpoe4x.[191[192
The New Zealand Rugby Union caused controversy by :2bnpoe4xrefusing to apologise :2bnpoe4xfor its history of :2bnpoe4xexcluding Maori and Polynesian players :2bnpoe4xfrom All Black tours of South Africa. Anglican Bishop and former Maori All Blacks player Muru Walters made a further claim that in 1956, the Minister of Maori Affairs Ernest Corbett instructed the Māori All Blacks to deliberately lose to the Springboks - "for the future of rugby". The Māori team lost 37-0. The NZRU dispute the claims made by the Bishop.[193[194
Bristol Rugby player Lee Robinson was found :2bnpoe4xguilty of assaulting his former girlfriend:2bnpoe4x. Robinson was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £650 costs, on top of £100 compensation to his victim.[195
Former Scotland international and current Melrose RFC coach Craig Chalmers was arrested for breach of the peace and fined £60 for his part in a drunken brawl following the Melrose Sevens competition.[196
Wallabies and Waratahs player Kurtley Beale was :2bnpoe4xcharged with assault.:2bnpoe4x Beale has entered a plea of not guilty to the charge, thought to concern :2bnpoe4xa female relative:2bnpoe4x, and the case has been adjourned to allow Beale to play for his country.[197[198
London Irish player Ryan Lamb was treated for facial wounds following a bar fight involving the London Irish Rugby team and Football supporters.[199
Sale Sharks. Players from the club are being interviewed by police following an incident at their end of season party in which a man was physically assaulted.[200
Robin Brooke is facing new :2bnpoe4xallegations of sexual misconduct:2bnpoe4x. It is alleged that the former New Zealand All Blacks player had sex with a drunk and comatose teenager.[201
Kurtley Beale has been fined $5000 by the Australian Rugby Union after being caught :2bnpoe4xurinating outside a Brisbane nightclub:2bnpoe4x.[202
Bath Rugby union player Jack Cuthbert has been charged with one count of assault by beating.[203
Blue Bulls Rugby Union player Bees Roux has been :2bnpoe4xcharged with murder :2bnpoe4xafter allegedly beating a South African Police Officer to death.[204
Chiefs and Māori All Blacks representative Jarrad Hoeata pleaded guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xDriving under the influence :2bnpoe4xof alcohol and dangerous driving. In mitigation, a lawyer for the rugby union player said that Hoeata had in the past mixed alcohol and sleeping pills with no ill effects.[205
2011Western Force and Australian International Cameron Shepherd was convicted on charges of :2bnpoe4xdriving with a blood alcohol :2bnpoe4xconcentration above the legal limit whilst on a suspended drivers licence.[206[207
Munster and All Black player Doug Howlett was arrested for :2bnpoe4xdrunk and disorderly
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2002Two South African rugby union players, Riaan Botha and Ben Korff, were found guilty of the ":2bnpoe4xbrutal slaying" of nineteen year old black man :2bnpoe4xTshepo Matloha[30.
Former Welsh international and Neath forward Hywel Jenkins was :2bnpoe4xcharged with rape:2bnpoe4x of a twenty-eight year old woman[31.
An unnamed Japanese rugby union player was :2bnpoe4xaccused of rape:2bnpoe4x[32.
Two University of California, Berkeley female students filed a lawsuit against San Diego State University and its rugby union team after they claimed they were gang-raped by the school's rugby union side.[33 Charges were dropped after a witness testified to having seen the girls leaving the incident laughing and giggling and a video of the incident demonstrated that the girls had been willing and consensual participants in the sexual activity.[34[35
2003After several alleged :2bnpoe4xracial incidents :2bnpoe4xwithin the South African Springboks, team an independent inquiry into the incidents was ordered before then being cancelled by the South African Rugby Football Union[36.
South African international Geo Cronje allegedly refused to share a room with team Quinton Davids :2bnpoe4xbecause of his race:2bnpoe4x[36[37. He was later thrown out of their World Cup training squad because of the incident.
Security was increased at the Wellington Rugby Union sevens tournament after drunken fans pelted the visiting Australian team with bottles. 20 people were arrested and 35 were ejected as fans targeted visiting teams with abuse.[38
Australian Wallabies player Matt Dunning admitted punching and breaking the nose of team-mate Des Tuiavii :2bnpoe4xduring a drunken fight :2bnpoe4xoutside a nightclub.[39
Rugby Union World Cup An un-named rugby union referee was at the centre of an internal investigation amid :2bnpoe4xconcerns of a betting scandal :2bnpoe4xat the 2003 competition.[40
2004Former Scotland rugby union international Bryan Gossman was charged :2bnpoe4xwith the rape of a woman :2bnpoe4xin Northern Ireland[41.
South African rugby union player Charlie Manuel was given a lifetime suspension by the Boland Rugby Union club after he hit opposing assistant coach Andre Carstens so hard that his eardrum burst[42.
ACT Brumbies player Henari Veratau was charged by police after he allegedly :2bnpoe4xdragged a taxi driver from his cab and then went on to steal it:2bnpoe4x[23.
Former French captain and "national hero" Marc Cecillon :2bnpoe4xshot his wife :2bnpoe4xChantal in the head with a Magnum revolver at a house party in front of around 60 guests. He was sentenced to twenty years jail for murder in 2006.[43[43[44[45
In a case lasting almost two years, English rugby union's most capped forward player, Jason Leonard, :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to drink driving :2bnpoe4xand was fined £2,500 and banned from driving for two years.[46
Argentine International and former Gloucester Rugby player Rodrigo Roncero :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to drink driving :2bnpoe4xand was banned from driving for one year.[47
All Blacks player Troy Flavell :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to charges of assault:2bnpoe4x.[48
Gloucester Rugby player Terry Fanolua :2bnpoe4xpleaded guilty to charges of assaulting :2bnpoe4xa nightclub doorman during post match celebrations[49.
It was alleged that Australian Wallaby Mat Rogers had assaulted and abused an individual at a nightclub in Edinburgh at 4am after the first Australia-Scotland Test on November 6, however the Australian Rugby Union took no action over the incident[50.
Mat Rogers was fined an undisclosed amount after he stated that Sydney club rugby was nothing but a "waste of time" for Wallabies players[51.
Stan Collymore alleged that several members of the :2bnpoe4xBath Rugby team assaulted :2bnpoe4xhim leaving Collymore with a broken nose[52.
An All Blacks player was granted permanent name suppression after appearing in court on charges of :2bnpoe4xassaulting his pregnant wife:2bnpoe4x. No conviction was recorded as the unnamed player was granted diversion.[48
An RFU Development officer and player at the defunct Wakefield rugby union club was found guilty on two counts of :2bnpoe4xindecent exposure:2bnpoe4x.[53
2005Aaron Mauger claimed some of the members of the All Blacks were subjected to :2bnpoe4xracial remarks :2bnpoe4xwhile playing against England at Twickenham Stadium[54.
A bouncer at a Sydney nightclub claimed that South African Springbok captain John Smit hurled:2bnpoe4x racial abuse :2bnpoe4xat him. The claims were later withdrawn without explanation[55.
Australian Wallaby international Justin Harrison called Cats winger Chumani Booi a :2bnpoe4x"stinking black c***":2bnpoe4x while in a Super 12 fixture. Team mate Nathan Grey was originally accused of making the statement but it took Harrison a day to own up to it[56.
The Welsh Rugby Union stated that thirty cases were reported to them about Welsh fixtures where match officials have been abused while on the field of play including some of a physical nature[57.
Lote Tuqiri, Wendell Sailor and Matt Dunning were all fined and put on two matches probation for being out inappropriately at night, being :2bnpoe4xintoxicated:2bnpoe4x and participating in unruly behaviour[58.
Australian Wallaby Matt Henjak was sent home from a South African tour following a :2bnpoe4xnightclub incident :2bnpoe4xin Cape Town where he threw the contents of a glass at other patrons[59[60.
Western Province player David Britz is given a two year playing suspension after :2bnpoe4xtesting positive :2bnpoe4xfor boldenone.[61
Wales captain Gareth Thomas was one of a number of former Bridgend RFC players found guilty of violent affray or sexual assault following an incident in a French nightclub in :2bnpoe4xwhich a woman was sexually assaulted :2bnpoe4xand punched. Thomas and Andrew Moore were found guilty of violent affray and fined £1000. Phill Booth was found guilty of violent affray and sexual assault, given a six month suspended sentence and fined £2000. All three were ordered to pay compensation to their victim in the 2002 attack.[62[63[64
Mike Phillips and James Goode were among a group of rugby union players arrested by police following a :2bnpoe4xpublic disorder offence :2bnpoe4xoutside a Cardiff pub.[65
Hurricanes and All Blacks representative Andrew Hore was among a group of three men found guilty of :2bnpoe4xkilling a protected Seal :2bnpoe4xspecies, in what the Judge said was a ‘grossly irresponsible, spontaneous act of hooliganism"[66. The men, who were described as ‘being involved at a high level of rugby [union’ were fined and had their Firearms permits withdrawn.
Waratahs player Cameron Shepherd was fined $5000 after being arrested for :2bnpoe4xvandalising a car :2bnpoe4xfollowing a late night drinking session.[67
2006England international Olly Barkley was arrested by police after he was involved in a fight in which one man was left with :2bnpoe4xhead injuries and a broken jaw:2bnpoe4x[68.
Boland rugby player Riaan Loots was allegedly felled by a stiff arm during a tackle while playing for Rawsonville against Delicious. :2bnpoe4xHe was then kicked in the head and died in hospital two days later:2bnpoe4x. Two players were charged with murder and three counts of assault.[69[70.
Moments before a match against Australia at Jade Stadium, All Black Jerry Collins was :2bnpoe4xcaught on live television cameras urinating :2bnpoe4xon the ground[71.
In the Western Cape of South Africa, a spectator at a rugby union match in Clanwilliam invaded the field brandishing a knife[69.
During a Super 14 fixture between the South African Cats and the Australian Western Force, four men holding AK-47s robbed the ticket desk after threatening staff[72.
During a fixture between English rugby union clubs Northampton and Bath, allegations appeared of :2bnpoe4xracism amongst members :2bnpoe4xof both teams[73.
An unnamed former All Black international was :2bnpoe4xcharged with domestic violence:2bnpoe4x, possessing an offensive weapon and threatening to kill[74[75.
Several members of the Fijian national side while in Japan were dropped after they consumed excessive amounts of alcohol before :2bnpoe4xengaging in a brawl :2bnpoe4xand damaging the hotel they were booked in at Osaka[76.
Caerphilly Rugby Football Club player Jordan Rees :2bnpoe4xstrangled his girlfriend :2bnpoe4xafter she spoke to an ex-boyfriend at the rugby club's fancy dress party[77.
The Scottish Rugby Union suspended Justin McNabb for nine months for sustained and extreme verbal abuse of a referee[78.
Lloyd McDermott, the first Aboriginal man to play international rugby union for the Australian team, claimed the reason he refused to play in South Africa was that he had to be classified as an ‘honorary white’[79.
A referee was forced to call off a match between Harlequins and Collegians after players began kicking, punching and swearing at each other. The two teams were suspended indefinitely.[80[81[82
Australian Wallaby Matt Dunning was fined $3,000 and faced a disciplinary committee after he was intoxicated and damaged a taxi[83[84.
South African player Charl van Vliet was :2bnpoe4xaccused of racism :2bnpoe4xby a black French player while playing in the French second division.[85
Northampton Saints player Mark Robinson was given a written warning after being found to have used "inappropriate language" :2bnpoe4xbelieved to be of a racist :2bnpoe4xtone towards Bath's Andy Higgins.
Wendell Sailor was fined and suspended for "behaving aggressively" while intoxicated at the Billy the BUMS cocktail bar in Cape Town, South Africa[86.He was later banned for two years after :2bnpoe4xreturning a positive test for cocaine:2bnpoe4x[87[88[89.
2007New South Wales Waratahs player Kurtley Beale was :2bnpoe4xfound guilty of drink-driving:2bnpoe4x while unlicensed, blowing twice the legal limit[90.
During a match against Ulster Rugby, Stade Toulousain player Trevor Brennan :2bnpoe4xphysically assaulted a fan:2bnpoe4x, Patrick Bamford in the crowd including repeatedly punching him [91[92[93. He was eventually banned for life and fined over the incident[94.
While playing at Ulster Rugby, the Newport Gwent Dragons were allegedly subject to :2bnpoe4xracial abuse :2bnpoe4xfrom home fans[95.
All Black Sitiveni Sivivatu :2bnpoe4xadmitted to hitting his wife:2bnpoe4x. He was arrested but later discharged without conviction and fined[96.
Drunk South African fans hurled :2bnpoe4xracist chants :2bnpoe4xand abuse at Rugby Sevens coach Paul Treu after his side lost against Samoa in the Hong Kong Sevens[97.
It was reported that an unnamed All Black tested :2bnpoe4xpositive for the use of cannabis:2bnpoe4x following a test match against France[98.
Rugby Sevens gold medalist and All Blacks player Sosene Anesi was fined after pleading guilty to :2bnpoe4xassaulting a security guard :2bnpoe4x[99[100.
Two Australian Internationals were questioned by police over the :2bnpoe4xassault of a Queensland taxi driver :2bnpoe4xduring the early hours of the morning[101.
On 19 October 2007, Australian Rugby Union (ARU) chairman Peter McGrath stood aside after Bundaberg Rum reportedly accused him of being in an intoxicated state at the Rugby World Cup in Mille, France. McGrath refuted the claims.[102.
Western Force players Scott Fava and Richard Brown were fined $11,000 and $5,000 respectively after being :2bnpoe4xfound guilty of animal abuse :2bnpoe4xduring a team bonding session [103. Speaking about the incident during a SANZAR conference, Force coach John Mitchell (rugby union) said "They won't be the only boys or only team this year that has a problem with alcohol, it's generally in most clubs"[104
Brumbies hooker David Palavi pleaded guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xassaulting police:2bnpoe4x.[105
All Blacks and Scarlets player Regan King was arrested on suspicion of assault after a fight in a Welsh pub.[106
Tongan International Joseph Vaka was arrested and given a police caution after :2bnpoe4xassaulting an airport worker:2bnpoe4x as the Tongan rugby union team made their way home from the 2007 rugby union world cup.[107
Former Bristol Rugby player Jason Hobson and ex team-mate Neil Clarke were arrested after a :2bnpoe4xman was assaulted :2bnpoe4xin a nightclub.[108
Worcester Warriors player Shane Drahm pleaded guilty in court to a charge of :2bnpoe4xunlawful wounding:2bnpoe4x.[109[110
All Blacks and Munster Rugby player Doug Howlett was arrested for :2bnpoe4xcriminal damage :2bnpoe4xafter cars were vandalised outside a London hotel. Howlett later apologised for his drunken rampage.[111
Players from the Newport Gwent Dragons spent two nights in an Italian police cell after being arrested in connection with a :2bnpoe4xfight outside a Treviso nightclub:2bnpoe4x. Allegations were made that two policeman were injured and that one of the players headbutted the windscreen of a police car[112.Two players, Rhys Thomas and Rhodri Gomer-Davies appeared in a Treviso court though some confusion remains as to what sentences were passed.[113[114[115
2008Numerous off field incidents involving players from the New Zealand Highlanders S14 team: Jimmy Cowan was convicted of two charges of disorderly behaviour, while Lucky Mulipola was :2bnpoe4xconvicted of assault:2bnpoe4x. Both players were placed on alcohol bans though the Highlanders CEO denied the existence of a drinking culture at the club[116
All Blacks loose forward Jerome Kaino was convicted of drink driving, fined $800 and given a :2bnpoe4x6 month driving ban:2bnpoe4x. The Auckland Blues player was breathlysed after he was involved in a road traffic accident.[117
South African RWC winner Victor Matfield claimed that the level of violence in the French rugby union domestic leagues was the reason he was quitting the country [118
England's tour of New Zealand became shrouded in controversy after a :2bnpoe4xwoman claimed she had been subjected to a sexual assault :2bnpoe4xby several players of the English rugby union team. An RFU investigation into events surrounding the tour cleared the players of sexual assault but found two players, Mike Brown and Topsy Ojo guilty of misconduct. A third player, David Strettle, was warned as to his future conduct.[119
South African police sought several Argentinean rugby union players after an incident in a nightclub in which a twenty year old woman was allegedly :2bnpoe4xstripped and subjected to a sexual assault:2bnpoe4x.[120[121[122
South African Rugby Sevens captain Mzwandile Stick was accused of :2bnpoe4xpushing a woman to the ground and then punching and kicking her :2bnpoe4xin an incident outside a pub. Stick denied punching the woman and said he had “only kicked her out of anger”.[123
The IRB’s Adelaide Sevens started badly after members of the Fijian Rugby Union, including Sevens legend Waisale Serevi, were accused of :2bnpoe4xfixing results for personal gain.:2bnpoe4x The Fijian Union promised to thoroughly investigate the claims[124[125
Cardiff RFC star Darren Daley (Ryan) pleaded guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xgrievous bodily harm:2bnpoe4x and actual bodily harm :2bnpoe4xagainst two women :2bnpoe4xand was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment.[126
Australian International and Western Force player Matt Henjak was sacked by his club after a fight in which :2bnpoe4xteam-mate Haig Sare received a broken jaw:2bnpoe4x. Chris Wilson, a Sydney Daily Telegraph journalist, would later reveal an astonishing 8 year cover-up of bad behaviour by the Australian rugby union[127.
2009:2bnpoe4x"Bloodgate:2bnpoe4x" – This was the scandal surrounding a faked injury to Tom Williams of English side Harlequins in a 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarterfinal against eventual champions Leinster. Specifically, Williams used fake blood to dupe the referee into allowing Quins to send in a blood replacement at a key moment in the match, at the instigation of Quins coach Dean Richards and team physiotherapist Steph Brennan. Williams later admitted that his mouth had been cut open immediately after the match in an attempt to cover up the fake injury. Richards was ultimately banned from rugby for three years and Brennan for two; Williams was initially banned for one year, but his ban was reduced to four months for his role in revealing the full extent of the scheme.[128
England and Bath Rugby representative Matt Stevens :2bnpoe4xfailed a random drug test :2bnpoe4xand was banned from sport for 2 years after testing positive for cocaine[129
The England union player Mike Tindall was convicted of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving :2bnpoe4xand given a three year driving ban and £500 fine after officers spotted his car speeding and being driven erratically on the M4 motorway.[130
Scotland RFU representative Dan Parks was convicted of:2bnpoe4x drink driving:2bnpoe4x, fined £3000 and given an 18 month driving ban. The Australian, capped 47 times by Scotland, was found to be more than 3 times over the legal limit when stopped by the police.[131
Wales and Ospreys player Gavin Henson was given a police caution after allegations of :2bnpoe4xassault:2bnpoe4x in a bar in Cardiff. He and 3 other Welsh rugby union players, Andy Powell, Rhys Thomas and Jonathan Thomas were officially rebuked by the Welsh Rugby Union.[132
An unnamed Free State Cheetahs player appeared in court accused of :2bnpoe4xraping his twelve year old cousin:2bnpoe4x.[133
Welsh Rugby Union player Gruffudd Morgan Jones was convicted of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving :2bnpoe4xand given a two year driving ban. Jones, capped four times by Wales, was found to be 3 times over the legal limit.[134
David Smith's professional career was in jeopardy as the New Zealand Rugby Union reopened disciplinary proceedings following his :2bnpoe4xdrink-driving :2bnpoe4xconviction.[135[136
A New Zealand Hurricanes player, Dane Coles, was :2bnpoe4xconvicted after admitting to abusing :2bnpoe4xand handling police during a drunken scuffle. Coles, who has previous convictions for affray and drink driving, has also faced sanctions from the nzru and ordered to undergo alcohol counselling[137
Auckland Blues player Rene Ranger was charged with assault by police. The NZRU gave the player a 1 match ban and ordered him to undergo alcohol counselling.[138[139
Auckland Blues player Taniela Moa appeared in court charged with :2bnpoe4xassault after a bottle was thrown at a female:2bnpoe4x in a rugby club. Moa was granted diversion by the Court and ordered to undergo alcohol counselling by the NZRU.[140
Highlanders rugby union player Fetu'u Vainikolo was found guilty of serious misconduct by the NZRU after an incident in a bar where Vanikolo :2bnpoe4xthrew a drink at a woman.:2bnpoe4x Vainikolo was fined $1000 and ordered to undergo alcohol counselling.[141
South Canterbury Rugby Football Union player Sione Tuita Tauelangi was convicted of:2bnpoe4x "alcohol fuelled assaults:2bnpoe4x", sentenced to a nine month supervision order and barred from licensed premises. Tauelangi, who has a previous :2bnpoe4xconviction for assaulting a female:2bnpoe4x, blamed the South Canterbury Rugby Football Union as the cause of his violent, unprovoked assaults[142.
Gloucester Rugby union player Ryan Lamb was convicted of :2bnpoe4xcommon assault :2bnpoe4xafter pleading guilty to attacking a man outside a nightclub [143.
London Irish player Richard Skuse pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm after attacking a Taxi driver and Taxi Marshall.[144.[145
Wallabies Rugby Team player Quade Cooper was fined $10,000 after he was involved in a number of incidents which included the smashing of a taxi cab window and spitting and yelling abuse towards people outside a nightclub.[146.
Allegations of assault were made after Danny Cipriani and other unnamed rugby union players :2bnpoe4xbrawled with photographers when leaving a strip club:2bnpoe4x.[147
HSBC British and Irish Lions player Mike Phillips spent a night in police custody after being arrested in a late night altercation in Cardiff. Phillips was released on 14 days bail while police investigated the incident.[148
New Zealand All Blacks star Sione Lauaki was ordered by a court to undergo anger management classes after deliberately damaging property at an Auckland motel.[149
Players from two of English rugby union's most troubled clubs, Harlequins and Bath Rugby, were involved in a bar fight, which :2bnpoe4xexposed a culture of violence and drugs within the sport:2bnpoe4x. Players from both clubs clashed in a London bar during an end of season drinking session and had to be forcibly removed by door staff, as the altercation continued on the street outside[150. Media allegations of players taking drugs before the fight were investigated by the RFU disciplinary panel.[151[152.
Not realising the cameras were still on, former England RU coach Dick Best offered the following comment on the mindset of the HSBC British and Irish Lions selectors: :2bnpoe4x“You've always got to have a coloured boy in the team:2bnpoe4x". Sky Sports later apologise for airing the remarks[153
Black rugby players face :2bnpoe4x“borderline racism:2bnpoe4x” from spectators and officials at English club games, claims an official of a Hampshire union club. Examples provided by the official of "borderline racism" at Hampshire rugby union games include "get the black " and "run run"[154.
The New Zealand rugby union (NZRU) decided to "retire" their leading referee. Steve Walsh, after an incident during an all night drinking session[155.
At least 50 people, including rugby players, were involved in a vicious :2bnpoe4xstreet brawl:2bnpoe4x on the eve of the Hong Kong Sevens. Fijian player Paula Maisiri who plays for the Manawatu Rugby Union team in New Zealand was convicted in absentia to 21 days imprisonment for attacking a policeman during the riot[156.[157
Police confirmed in court that gangs of violent youths were using the Melrose Sevens and the Sevens circuit as a cover to arrange gang fights [158.
Following scenes reminiscent of the Riaan Loots murder, the South Western District Rugby Union banned a club for fifteen years after a :2bnpoe4xmass brawl :2bnpoe4xbetween players and supporters in which the referee was attacked and a police officer's firearm was stolen[159. The match between Heidelberg and Mossel Bay was declared a "no result" due to on-field violence and claims of racism. The incident gained further notoriety when a video of the violence was posted on various news sites.[160
The Auckland Rugby Union promised an investigation after a :2bnpoe4xmass brawl :2bnpoe4xinvolving up to a hundred players and spectators broke out during a semi final game between two of New Zealand’s most prestigious schools, Auckland Grammar and Kelston Boys High School[161 Responding after the publication of photographs of the violence, the New Zealand Prime Minister Mr John Key said” I think it brings the game into disrepute, it discourages people from being active in sport and it's the wrong message to youngsters"[162.Violence also flared at the other semi final, where a supporter was hit in the face with a rock [163
The Fijian Rugby Union sacked their National team Manager, Ilivasi Tabua, due to serious misconduct[164[165.
Toka Liku, a Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union player was sentenced to eight years imprisonment after being :2bnpoe4xconvicted of beating and raping his wife :2bnpoe4xfollowing post match celebrations after the Heartland Championship.[166
Police arrested 21 rugby players after a :2bnpoe4xfemale player was struck on the head by a runaway lawn roller:2bnpoe4x while she was asleep in a tent; her team was forced to withdraw from the tournament as a result of this incident. Organisers of a Rugby Sevens tournament at Aberaeron Rugby Club later ejected a youth team from Merthyr.[167[168
Toulouse player Byron Kelleher was arrested and spent the night in a police cell after being involved in a drunken brawl following a road traffic accident.[169[170[171[172
French international centre Mathieu Bastareaud initially claimed he had been attacked by a group of drunken men outside his Wellington hotel room after France's loss to the All Blacks on 20 June. However, surveillance video showed that he had lied about the circumstances of his injury, and he later admitted that he had accidentally injured himself in an alcohol-related fall in his hotel room. Bastareaud was later admitted to hospital suffering with psychological problems[173. Ultimately, he received a three-month ban from the French Rugby Federation, commuted to rugby-related community service.[174
Bristol Rugby player Lee Robinson is arrested by police on suspicion of :2bnpoe4xassaulting his girlfriend:2bnpoe4x.[175
Former rugby union World Cup winner Percy Montgomery and current Springboks kicking coach is facing assault charges after allegedly :2bnpoe4xattacking his wife:2bnpoe4x. Montgomery missed the 2003 World Cup after he was found guilty of assaulting a touch-judge.[176
Former Wales captain and current Newport Gwent Dragons coach Colin Charvis was found guilty of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving.:2bnpoe4x Charvis, who has a previous drink driving conviction and was once the figure-head of an anti drink driving campaign, was banned from driving for two years and fined £900.[177
Quade Cooper was arrested by police and charged with burglary.[178
Joost van der Westhuizen. The former Springboks captain was sacked from his job as a presenter for SuperSport after he admitted lying about his role in a sex video, which also showed him :2bnpoe4xsnorting 'recreational chemicals':2bnpoe4x. vd Westhuizen would later apologise to the public and his wife. [179[180
In the wake of revelations surrounding the use of drugs in English rugby union, journalist and former Irish International Neil Francis would write an article in which he suggests that the use of recreational and performance enhancing drugs is rife within the sport[181.
2010Former New Zealand All Black Robin Brooke made a public apology following media allegations he had:2bnpoe4x groped a fifteen year old girl :2bnpoe4xand physically assaulted a seventeen year old male.[182
Welsh international and Cardiff Blues player Andy Powell was banned from driving for fifteen months after pleading guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xdrink driving:2bnpoe4x.[183
Former Welsh international JPR Williams was banned from driving for seventeen months and fined £380 after pleading guilty to :2bnpoe4xdrink driving :2bnpoe4xcharges. Williams, a former orthopaedic Surgeon, tried to cheat the breath test by placing coins in his mouth.[184
Auckland Blues player Rene Ranger was charged with assault after a fight with a man outside a pub. Ranger failed in an attempt to keep his connection to the charges becoming public knowledge.[185[186
The New Zealand All Black and Chiefs player Sione Lauaki pleaded guilty to a third assault charge in four years after another ‘late night incident’ in a bar.[187[188
British and Irish Lions and Ospreys player Mike Phillips faced calls for disciplinary action after verbally abusing spectators during his sides defeat to the Newport Gwent Dragons.[189
The organisers of the Heineken Cup nominated disgraced former English international and Harlequins manager Dean Richards for a coaching award; Richards was banned from the sport after his involvement in the infamous Bloodgate cheating scandal came to light.[190
Former South African international James Dalton appeared in court charged with the :2bnpoe4xattempted murder of his former wife:2bnpoe4x.[191[192
The New Zealand Rugby Union caused controversy by :2bnpoe4xrefusing to apologise :2bnpoe4xfor its history of :2bnpoe4xexcluding Maori and Polynesian players :2bnpoe4xfrom All Black tours of South Africa. Anglican Bishop and former Maori All Blacks player Muru Walters made a further claim that in 1956, the Minister of Maori Affairs Ernest Corbett instructed the Māori All Blacks to deliberately lose to the Springboks - "for the future of rugby". The Māori team lost 37-0. The NZRU dispute the claims made by the Bishop.[193[194
Bristol Rugby player Lee Robinson was found :2bnpoe4xguilty of assaulting his former girlfriend:2bnpoe4x. Robinson was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £650 costs, on top of £100 compensation to his victim.[195
Former Scotland international and current Melrose RFC coach Craig Chalmers was arrested for breach of the peace and fined £60 for his part in a drunken brawl following the Melrose Sevens competition.[196
Wallabies and Waratahs player Kurtley Beale was :2bnpoe4xcharged with assault.:2bnpoe4x Beale has entered a plea of not guilty to the charge, thought to concern :2bnpoe4xa female relative:2bnpoe4x, and the case has been adjourned to allow Beale to play for his country.[197[198
London Irish player Ryan Lamb was treated for facial wounds following a bar fight involving the London Irish Rugby team and Football supporters.[199
Sale Sharks. Players from the club are being interviewed by police following an incident at their end of season party in which a man was physically assaulted.[200
Robin Brooke is facing new :2bnpoe4xallegations of sexual misconduct:2bnpoe4x. It is alleged that the former New Zealand All Blacks player had sex with a drunk and comatose teenager.[201
Kurtley Beale has been fined $5000 by the Australian Rugby Union after being caught :2bnpoe4xurinating outside a Brisbane nightclub:2bnpoe4x.[202
Bath Rugby union player Jack Cuthbert has been charged with one count of assault by beating.[203
Blue Bulls Rugby Union player Bees Roux has been :2bnpoe4xcharged with murder :2bnpoe4xafter allegedly beating a South African Police Officer to death.[204
Chiefs and Māori All Blacks representative Jarrad Hoeata pleaded guilty to charges of :2bnpoe4xDriving under the influence :2bnpoe4xof alcohol and dangerous driving. In mitigation, a lawyer for the rugby union player said that Hoeata had in the past mixed alcohol and sleeping pills with no ill effects.[205
2011Western Force and Australian International Cameron Shepherd was convicted on charges of :2bnpoe4xdriving with a blood alcohol :2bnpoe4xconcentration above the legal limit whilst on a suspended drivers licence.[206[207
Munster and All Black player Doug Howlett was arrested for :2bnpoe4xdrunk and disorderly
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geez and they say we have problems with player behaviour in RL!!!