RFU paid tab for England night out

ENGLAND’S drunken night out in Queenstown, which may have cost Mike Tindall his international career, was part-funded by the Rugby Football Union.

The England management set up a tab at Queenstown’s Pub On The Wharf, where a group of players began the now-infamous evening. From there, a smaller group moved on to the Altitude Bar, a backpackers’ nightspot which was hosting a ‘Mad Midget Weekend’.

It was there that Tindall, who had captained England to victory over Argentina the previous night, was captured on CCTV in conversation with a blonde woman.