MIKE TINDALL was last night reinstated in England’s elite player squad and had a £25,000 fine reduced to £15,000 after an appeal against the punishment meted out for his off-field World Cup behaviour.

Mike Tindall has been reinstated in England’s elite player squad and had a £25,000 (€29,124) fine reduced to £15,000 (€17,475) after an appeal against the punishment meted out for his off-field World Cup behaviour.

Martin Johnson has launched a passionate defence of England’s under-fire World Cup captain Lewis Moody – and insisted he would make the same choice all over again.

MARTIN JOHNSON has described the damning fallout from England’s World Cup campaign as “one of the worst things I have experienced in the game”.

Martin Johnson today described the damning fall-out from England’s World Cup campaign as “one of the worst things I have experienced in the game”.

ROB ANDREW admitted the Rugby Football Union had hit “rock bottom” following the publication of damning reports into England’s failed World Cup campaign.

A defiant Rob Andrew has reiterated that he will not resign in the wake of England’s World Cup fiasco, although he believes the Rugby Football Union has hit “rock bottom” after recent events on and off the field.

IN THE END, perhaps the only way to rid the English rugby team of the arrogance and self-righteousness that has pervaded their squad since 2003 was with a stick of dynamite planted firmly in the centre of the Twickenham pitch.

The Rugby Football Union have launched an investigation into the leaking of three confidential and damning reports into England’s World Cup campaign.

A number of England’s World Cup players were “more focused on money than getting the rugby right”, it was reported today in three leaked reports that lay bare the inside story behind the country's worst-ever World Cup performance in New Zealand.

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.

The International Rugby Board are in the final stages of drafting a “robust” set of guidelines to tackle the on-field treatment of suspected concussion.

RUGBY Players’ Association chief executive Damian Hopley has warned England’s stance on not selecting players based abroad could be challenged under European law.