LIST | Five times International rugby stars got sent home...

But the number 10 isn't the first and won't be the last player to be sent home as these five examples show...

In August 2017, Tuilagi and Denny Solomona were sent home from England's training camp after returning to the team hotel drunk on a Saturday night. The news came just days after coach Eddie Jones had praised Tuilagi's ability and dedication, noting that he was 'worth waiting for' after injury setbacks.

Back in 2016, the All Black star was sent home from South Africa after “breaching team standards regarding behaviour” after he was seen walking into a disabled toilet cubicle with a “female friend” at Christchurch Airport. According to a report in the New Zealand Herald, a witness saw the 27-year-old enter a disabled toilet with a female – understood not to be his partner 

In December 1972, the giant prop became the first All Black to be sent home from a tour following an incident in Cardiff. Hours after scoring the winning try to beat Wales 19-16 at the Arms Park on December 2, the moustached Murdoch punched a 29-year-old security guard following a heavy drinking session at the Angel Hotel in the city centre.

Two days later, All Blacks manager Ernie Todd took the decision to send Murdoch home in apparent disgrace, insisting it was "for his own good". The 17st 4lb prop was put on a plane from Heathrow to New Zealand, via Sydney. He never arrived back in Auckland.

Murdoch is believed to have moved to the Australian Outback, living a nomadic existence following seasonal work in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Captain Brough and team-mates Sam Brooks, who plays for Featherstone Rovers, Johnny Walker, a former Castleford and Hull KR prop who now plays in Australia, were sent home in disgrace from the World Cup for being too drunk.

The most recent of all our examples. In 2019, Wales assistant coach Rob Howley has been sent home from the World Cup in Japan for a breach of World Rugby’s regulation on betting. The 48-year-old former Wales captain, who had been part of Warren Gatland’s coaching team since 2008, was later given an 18-month ban from the sport.