5 of the Craziest Player Rivalries In Rugby

Springbok rugby legend Tendai Mtawarira - nicknamed "The Beast" - was unimpressed with Ellis Genge following and incident with Johnny Sexton, tweeting: "This Ellis Genge dude needs to be dealt with properly".

Genge, who wasn’t cited for the incident, responded to the legend by saying “I’ll let him know.”

Teammates for England's 2007 Rugby World Cup training squad, eight years later the two clashed ahead of the 2015 showpiece when Catt had joined Stuart Lancaster's backroom staff. Catt over-reacted to a perceived lack of effort in a training drill and allegedly told the 27-year-old twice: ‘I will end your England career’. The two haven't been on speaking terms since.

Andy Goode has gone on record about how much he doesn’t like Dave Ward. It all kicked off when Goode called Ward out on Twitter for allegedly spitting on Wasps hooker Thomas Young and stamping on his leg. Goode called him ‘an absolute coward’ and Tweeted photos of the incident.

Haskell was caught in an online row with World Cup-winner, Neil Back. The spat began when Hask retweeted an official post from the England Rugby account, in which Haskell calls upon Saturday's Manchester crowd to get behind the team.

The Wasps captain quickly hit back at the former Leicester flanker's slight...

Rugby league ace Brett Ferres was filmed bedding the wife of his club team-mate and best man by his own missus. Devastated Amanda Ferres, 29, is said to have walked in on him and Victoria Huby, 30, who is married to his Super League pal Craig Huby. A source said Amanda caught them on camcorder last week and sent the footage to Craig, 29. I doubt they'll be out having a pint anytime soon.