"Bit of d***" - James Haskell reveals why he can't stand Freddie Flintoff

Enter Freddie Flintoff and James Haskell, whose once solid camaraderie now lies shattered amidst a stormy feud that has set tongues wagging.

What started innocently as a lighthearted jest swiftly snowballed into a bitter clash, leaving a trail of hurt feelings and shattered egos in its wake.

The fraud first started on a League Of Your Own.

"After watching you box, I think it would be fair to say we expected more as well," joked Haskell with the studio audience breaking into hysterics.

Hask was then invited back onto the show in 2016 to "settle the beef" with Flintoff with a pillow fight.

What A League Of Their Own viewers didn't see, according to Haskell, was that Freddie suggested they "make it look like a scrap".

In his autobiography, Ruck Me, the former rugby international explained: "When the show aired it went mental.

"I had messaged Freddie after the show to say thank you again and for him to keep smashing it.

"I also asked him, if I sent him a cricket bat to sign for this ill little boy would he do it, as Freddie was his hero. He just ignored me and that was it."

He continued: "I thought f*** it, just move on. Then when the next series started, Freddie was shown highlights of our head-to-head and said, 'Yeah, that Haskell was a bit of a d***,'."

Haskell added: "I still hear about it today, with trolls saying, 'You're a c***,' and 'You got beaten up by Flintoff,' when the reality is, I'm not, I didn't and I wouldn't."

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Former England lock Attwood has opened up on the latest RugbyPass Offload about his ongoing rivalry with Owen Farrell.

He revealed: "On the pitch, I struggle a lot with Owen Farrell. We just don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things,

“He hates me with a passion. Despite my earthy roots, he thinks I am a posh c***. He hates that. I bagged rugby league once jovially. I was saying it to take the piss kind of thing, ‘a bloody sport for the peasants’. He f**kin’ hated it."

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He made 157 appearances in Blue, Black and White over an eight-year period during his first spell at Bath before returning in 2022

His debut came against Newcastle Falcons at the beginning of the 2011/12 season after arriving from Gloucester, scoring four tries in his first campaign

The lock quickly established himself as a key player in the Bath pack and excelled at international level too, with 22 of his 24 England caps coming whilst at the Re

The former England international has also played for Bristol (twice), Gloucester and Toulon during his established career

The Scotland back-rower was the instigator in some tunnel argy-bargy when the players returned to the changing rooms after the warm-up back in 2018 with Farrell at the centre.

Footage of the incident shows all hell breaking loose when Farrell barged his way past a number of Scotland players to confront Wilson, who had been attempting to get inside the head of George Ford.

Wilson later revealed he was banned from Twickenham following the incident.

“I remember that game, I was actually injured and after tunnel-gate, after everything that happened in the tunnel against England, I’d lined up a corporate gig at Twickenham,” he recalled to Rugby Pass in November.

“Had it all lined up, a little bit of cash, all excited, only to get a message back saying the RFU have banned you from Twickenham Stadium after everything that happened the year before.

The pair have what we can only describe as a love-hate relationship. As legendary as the 'best mates' videos were during the 2016 tour of Australia, Farrell certainly didn't seem to be enjoying it.

Farrell and De Klerk ended up at arm’s length from each other in 2018 during their summer tour just before the 20-minute mark and the rest of the two sides quickly joined in.

The pair have since clashes on multiple occasions, including during the World Cup final a year later. Klerk is clearly someone who gets under the England skippers skin and their appears to be little love lost between the pair.

Speaking about the pair, Tom Curry said they are 'very different characters'.