Martin Johnson regrets his England players getting ‘caught out off the field’ during the disastrous 2011 World Cup campaign which featured a dwarf-throwing competition in Queenstown and stars making inappropriate comments to a chambermaid. Incidents such as those, Mike Tindall kissing his ex-girlfriend in a bar and Manu Tuilagi diving into Auckland harbour ‘became the story’, says the former England coach, who broke his silence three years after the tournament in New Zealand. Johnson said: 'We got caught out off the field. We were aware of what could happen and warned the players, but it still happened,' Johnson said. England's poor campaign in New Zealand was blighted by off-the-field problems
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Several controversial incidents blighted 2011 World Cup for England
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Mike Tindall, Chris Ashton, Toby Flood and Dylan Hartley were caught at a dwarf-throwing event on a night out during the tournament
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Players were allowed to go bungee jumping on their day off
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Inappropriate comments were made to a female hotel worker
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Manu Tuilagi was fined for jumping off a ferry
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Johnson says 2003 squad did similar but were protected by results on pitch
October 9: Manu Tuilagi is formally warned by police and fined £3,000 by England rugby officials after jumping from a ferry in @placeholder.