MIKE TINDALL’S Test career appears to be over after his off-field behaviour during the World Cup resulted in him being kicked out of England’s elite squad and fined £25,000 (€29,000) by the England RFU.

HEINEKEN CUP chiefs last night wound down their detailed Bloodgate investigation - but crisis club Harlequins are still not out of the woods.

DEAN RICHARDS’ reputation as one of the most successful players and coaches in English rugby history has been reduced to ruins.

RUGBY is heading to the law courts for the second time in less than a year with the England RFU and Premier Rugby refusing to concede any ground in their dispute over the Heineken Cup.