Rugby: England's dishonour roll

Manu Tuilagi is one of many England rugby internationals to have run into trouble over the years. Photo / Brett Phibbs

England rugby star Manu Tuilagi has joined a long list of England rugby off-field indiscretions, ruled out of the 2015 Rugby World Cup after being banned from representing his country.

Tuilagi pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a pair of female police officers, with the England Rugby Football Union ruling him out of contention for the national side until January 2016.

The incident adds to the array of off-field incidents involving England rugby players over the years, with several trouble-makers causing continual headaches for the men in charge at England rugby.

England Rugby Dishonour Roll:

Richard Cockerill gives Jeff Wilson some friendly advice. Photo / Getty.

Richard Cockerill

A year after memorably challenging Norm Hewitt during the haka, the pair had a confrontation off the pitch, with a 1998 late-night fight between the England hooker and his counterpart leaving Cockerill with a black eye.

Lawrence Dallaglio

An inspirational skipper at his best, Dallaglio was forced to resign from the captaincy following allegations of hard drug use reported in the News Of The World.

Although the England Rugby Football Union dropped drugs charges against him, they imposed a fine of £15,000 for bringing the game into disrepute.

Jason Leonard

One of the most highly-regarded props in rugby history, Leonard was banned from driving for two years after being spotted weaving across the road and bouncing off kerbs in 2002.

He was recorded to be three times over the legal limit, and after two years of maintaining his innocence he eventually pled guilty to drink driving in 2004. Leonard was also fined £2,500 for his erratic driving - ironically in the same week he had a train named after him.

Olly Barkley

An England debutant at age 19, Barkley's international career came to a close just a year after a 2007 incident when he was arrested by police.

Barkley was involved in a fight in which one man was left with head injuries and a broken jaw, but was later released without charge.

Mike Brown and Topsy Ojo

A trip to New Zealand shores in 2008 did not go to plan for England, losing two tests and having four players accused of sexually violating an 18-year-old waitress after a 37-20 loss in Auckland.

The players were all cleared of the charges, but Brown and Ojo were found guilty of misconduct, Brown fined £1000 and Ojo £500 for staying out until 7.00am the following morning.

Mike Tindall

Tindall had a tumultuous 2011 Rugby World Cup, being fined £15,000 by the England Rugby Football Union for a dwarf throwing incident, before being caught on camera in a Queenstown bar getting up close and comfortable with a woman just six weeks after marrying the Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips.

Still, Tindall has no regrets over the incident.

"Do I have any regrets about the evening? No because I had a good time with a lot of the players that I enjoyed playing with, with a lot of fans who I enjoy spending time with," he told The Times.

"Do I have any regrets about the evening? No because I had a good time with a lot of the players that I enjoyed playing with, with a lot of fans who I enjoy spending time with".

Manu Tuilagi

Tuilagi has priors when it comes to off-field misbehaving, joining Tindall on the dishonour roll during the 2011 World Cup.

After England were dumped out of the tournament by France in the quarterfinals, the centre jumped into the Auckland harbour off the Waiheke ferry as it was coming into dock. He was detained by police and then fined £3000 by England management.