England star comments on his infamous fight with teammate Danny Cipriani

Wasps legend Josh Lewsey has revealed the frustration at Wasps which led to him decking team-mate Danny Cipriani in a training ground dust-up.

Back in 2008, Lewsey sparked Cipriani out with a right hook in a row over the fly-half missing tackles during a training drill.

The former England back declined to discuss the specifics of the spat, which left his ex-teammate out for the count,

“Wasps is a very very proud club,” said the World Cup winner. “Not only were we used to winning, there was a level of expectation around.

“With the culture of player ownership, which Wasps had, comes responsibility. A lot of guys here took very personally the fortunes of the team. That day I'd had enough of him.

“There are always going to be playing issues from time to time but the beauty of sport, especially rugby, is that they are dealt with straight away and you get on with the job.”

James Haskell has also given an insight into an infamous bust-up.

"I thought Josh Lewsey had killed Danny Cipriani," revealed Haskell.

"We were doing a defensive drill and Cips didn’t fancy it, which wasn’t a huge shock. Instead of putting his shoulder in, he was running up to the attacker and touching him with his fingertips.

“This didn’t go down well with Josh, who gave Cips a volley of abuse. Cips told Josh where to go, and Josh told Cips never to speak to him like that again.”

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An image of Lopeti Timani with two swollen eyes has revealed the extent of his fight with Rebels teammate Amanaki Mafi in Dunedin. Mafi and Timani fought after the side's season-ending loss against the Highlanders.

Cipriani was baited by Lewsey for not putting enough effort in. Reports claim Cipriani then retaliated by telling Lewsey to "shut up or be shut up". Next thing the 20-year-old knew he was lying on his back staring up at the sky with a fat lip.

O'Connell lost his nerve with the Ulster second-row in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup. The Munster legend threw a punch and he went down, unconscious with a tooth bursting his cheek. Caldwell swallowed a lot of blood and an ambulance had to rush him to the hospital. The team doctor later told O'Connell: "The story is, you nearly killed him.”

The Ireland legend, who would often involved in training ground scraps, would never be involved in another after he learned from this incident that a single punch could hurt someone badly.

When England's Austin Healy began poking fun at a swollen and bruised Ronan O'Gara during the Lions tour, a young Brian O'Driscoll snapped and beat the lard out of him.

Here is Legend Keith Wood's version of events.

"Austin came in and he was being an unbelievable pain in the a**e. I mean beyond all belief. He was touching ROG's face and saying 'c'mom Rog, let's have a little boxing match.,, c'mon c'mon'.

"ROG just said 'p**s off, just leave me alone, get away from me' and then suddenly this little voice peeps in... 'I'll have a bit of that,' says Drico and they put on a pair of boxing gloves and Drico beat the living crap out of him.

Footage of the scrap between du Plessis, the former South Africa hooker, and prop Haouas was caught by French broadcaster Canal+ – watch it here: