What’s the harm in going out with your mates for a few drinks, and watching a bit of dwarf throwing?
That’s what England rugby captain Mike Tindall did on a night out in Queenstown in New Zealand. Mike is of course Mr Zara Phillips, and thus a minor member (by marriage) of the British royal family.
Throw in a bit of kissing and groping with a local blonde woman, including burying his head in her breasts, and it sounds like he had a heap of fun.
Team management has, sensibly, come out and said to the press, basically “move on, nothing to see here”. Coach Martin Johnson I think also takes a sensible view of things:
"When I started playing rugby at senior level you were dealing with blokes,"
"They treated us like adults and there is no reason to change that now they are professionals and things are far more organized in the game.
"They are there to make sensible decisions — if I can’t trust them, there is a simple choice for us to make."
All very good, and what happens on tour stays on tour etc.
But I wonder if the wife is as relaxed about it?
