Which England rugby union captain resigned in May 1999 over allegation that he took and dealt in illegal hard drugs?
Lawrence Dallaglio At the end to his career, Wasps won the 2008 Guinness Premiership Final on 31 May 2008 in front of a capacity crowd of 81,600 at Twickenham, then a world Rugby Union record attendance for a club match. On 24 May 1999 Dallaglio resigned as England's rugby union captain following allegations in the "News of the World" that he had used and been a dealer in hard drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy: the incidents were alleged to have taken place eight or nine years earlier, though the newspaper's front-page story made no mention of this. The newspaper also reported that
Rugby union in England form the Northern Rugby Football Union and thus resigned from the RFU. The game of rugby league was formed from the disaffected clubs. During this period, rugby was played between counties similar to the system of first-class cricket in England now. In 1907, Cornwall won the county tournament and went on to represent Britain at Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 1910 opening of the RFU's new home at Twickenham heralded a golden era for English rugby union. During the First World War, the Four Nations Championship became suspended in 1915 and it was not resumed until 1920.