Castrogiovanni tells all about partying in Vegas with Ibrahimovic

What made tit such a serious matter is that the propi allegedly told Racing management that he was in Argentina seeing to a “family health problem” and could therefore not travel with rest of the Racing squad for their Champions Cup semi-final match.

He was ultimately sacked, and with that he disappeared from the rugby world.

However, Castro is back, and he's done a brilliant interview with Nik Simon from the Mail Online.

'It was a good trip, a beautiful trip,' he laughs. 'Three days. I met those guys when I was playing in Paris (Ibrahimovic was with Paris Saint-Germain) and we became friends. When they won, they invited me to Vegas and I said, "Yes". Who would say no?

'We had a good time. A lot of drinks? Yes. We went out? Yes. Play the casino? Yes. Pool party? Yes. Everyone has seen the photos. When I woke up, I had a thousand messages with all the photos.

'What else do you do in Vegas? I won maybe £500, but I lost my contract with Racing. Maybe I should have handled it differently with my club, but I would do it again.'

Lions scrum-half Phillips was sacked by his former club Bayonne for allegedly turning up drunk to a video analysis session in 2013. This incident came two years after he was involved in a late-night altercation in Cardiff city centre.

The one-time golden boy of English rugby is no stranger to controversy but things took a turn for the worse when he was arrested during pre-season with Gloucester during a tour of Jersey in 2018. Other drunken escapades ended with the playmaker receiving a ban from driving and hospitalisation following a collision with a bus in Leeds.

The former Wales and Wasps flanker was banned from driving for 15 months after taking a golf buggy onto the M4 motorway following a night of heavy drinking. He told a court he commandeered the vehicle to go and get some “munchies” from a service station before being pulled over for a breath test that he, naturally, failed.

Prominent royal and World Cup winner Tindall was kicked out of the Elite Player Squad and fined £25,000 after his part in a drunken night at dwarf-themed club night in Queenstown during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Tindall was caught on CCTV canoodling with a woman in a second bar despite telling coach Martin Johnson he had returned alone to the team hotel after the dwarf party.