James Haskell reveals all about dwarf-tossing night out in 2011

"Some of the lads headed to a nightclub called Altitude for their ‘Mad Midget Weekender’, which meant revellers could combine their drinking with a spot of dwarf tossing," wrote Haskell .

"The lads had a bit too much to drink but there was not a single dwarf tossed by an England player. Unfortunately, the nightclub posted pictures of lads rolling about on the floor with dwarves on their Facebook page and a bouncer sold CCTV footage to a journalist.

"When the story appeared, the dwarf-tossing played second fiddle to a stitch-up of Mike Tindall, who had apparently spent the evening “flirting with a gorgeous blonde”. Utter b------s.

"What irritated me was that the Irish and Welsh squads went on the p--- far more than the English. Apparently, the Irish were in and out of Altitude for two days (the bar had to close and re-stock to just to accommodate them), and one of their star players had to be carried out at 8am. 

"But the narrative was that England were a bunch of entitled w------, while the Irish and Welsh were plucky, fun-loving underdogs just taking a break from the rigours of the tournament."

You can read his full extract regarding to the 2011 Rugby World Cup disaster on The Telegraph's website.

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Haskell was born in Windsor, Berkshire, and played for Maidenhead Rugby Club prior to joining (Wasps RFC), where he was part of the highly successful Colts set up.

He is the son of Jonathan and Susie Haskell. James also has one sibling, a younger brother named Edward.

In 2003, Haskell, then 18, filmed his friend Paul Doran-Jones, who was 17 at the time, having sex with his 17-year-old girlfriend by using a secret camera set up in a boys’ dormitory at Wellington College in Crowthorne. The boys then showed the video to their friends and were subsequently suspended from the Dukes Ride school.

When he's not doing podcasts or training for MMA, he still loves to DJ.

James has been in a relationship with TV presenter Chloe Madeley since 2014. The couple married in 2018. Chloe is the daughter of TV legends Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan.

After retiring from rugby, Haskell signed to mixed martial arts promotion Bellator MMA as part of its Heavyweight division. In February 2020, it was announced that Haskell would make his professional mixed martial arts debut on 16 May 2020 at Wembley's SSE Arena. The event was ultimately postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

His five yellow cards for England is more than any other player in history.

The flanker has a digger driving licence. He's been obsessed with JCBs since he was a young child.

The pair don’t have any children yet, but Chloe has hinted that they’d both be ready to start a family. Speaking with Hello in early 2020, she said: ‘We’ve gone from one end of the spectrum, where we didn’t want children, to the other end where we thought, “yes, let’s try it”.’

A little over two years ago he revealed his diet saw him consume a whopping 3,750 calories a day.