Controversial Rugby Players: The sport is one of the greatest and the most enjoyable, each one of us has been enjoying rugby matches.
Top scandals in rugby have been quite hilarious as well as ridiculous ones at the same time. They might seem completely senseless to many of you as they are quite out-of-the-box ones. The sport of rugby without any doubt has been favored by these scandals as they drew a lot of attention of people towards the sport.
Controversial Rugby Players And Topics
1. Kamp Staaldraad
This controversy took place at a camp where all the players were asked to swim in a river with ice-cold water; also they were supposed to sing the national anthem while being in the water. All players were when naked in the water, firearms entered that area, and later on, the rugby players were forced to crawl naked across the foxhole.
2. Blood Gate
During the quarter-final of a rugby match in the year 2009, Harlequins in the middle of this match started faking a blood injury. The main motive Harlequins behind faking an injury was to make Nick Evans re-enter the game as his substitute.
3. The Princess
Will Carling, former England rugby captain had a relationship with Princess Diana during the 1990s. This love affair took a lot of fire and was in the headlines for almost a year. Later on, both Will and Princess parted their ways.
4. Bruiser Brennan
Trevor Brennan bashed the Ulster fans after tasting a defeat during the Heineken Cup. His fans criticized him badly for this act. Rugby viewers titled this act by Brennan as a rubbish one, Brennan entered the stand to bash the fans. Legal action was taken against him after this nuisance.
5. Dallaglio’s Drug Sting
Lawrence Dallaglio in the year 1999 took retirement from the captaincy of the England national rugby team. The reason behind this retirement was said to be allegations on Dallaglio regarding drugs. All the Dallaglio fans were not at happy with his decision as he were a star in the game.
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