Danny Care has been booted out of the England squad after his recent run in with the law
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The Observer's Eddie Butler looks at the drinking culture within rugby.
"In the light of what a few England players got up to in the bars and harbours of New Zealand at the World Cup, not a lot of sympathy came Danny Care's way when he had a fixed-penalty fine slapped on him for drunk and disorderly behaviour before Christmas. And even less when he failed a drink-driving test on New Year's Day.
The Harlequins scrum-half may have missed the World Cup through injury and thereby avoided seeing with his own eyes the misadventures of England, but he must have been in a state of total oblivion not to recognise that what happened out there has had an effect over here. After the binge came the hangover of all those reviews and leaked questionnaires and the resignations and the sackings. And now has come the taking of the pledge, with the new coach, Stuart Lancaster, promising a fresh approach on the field and a reappraisal of the culture of England rugby."
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