Lewis Moody partied hard during the 1998/9 Tour of the southern hemisphere
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In the latest serialisation of his book, Mad Dog: An Englishman, in the Mail on Sunday, former England captain Lewis Moody reveals his wild nights during England's 1998-99 tour of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, which became known as the Tour from Hell.
"I had been in the bar after the match for quite a while when some of the England players hobbled in after their 64-22 defeat.
"Can you imagine what they thought when they saw the sight ahead of them?
"There was a stage in the bar and I was prancing around on it in the throes of performing the Full Monty in front of an audience baying for flesh.
"As each item was removed - my England tie, my England shirt and so on - I'd throw it into the crowd until I was left standing in just my boxers.
"England had just been humiliated for the second successive Test match, and an hour or so afterwards, the battered players were subjected to the sight of one of their colleagues making a drunken idiot of himself.
"At the time, I was living the dream. Now I realise I was a moron. Just thinking about it makes me cringe."
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