5 Social Media Posts That Got Rugby Stars In A Lot Of Trouble

In October 2018, the back-rower was suspended for six weeks and as a result was unavailable for three of England’s four upcoming autumn internationals.

The then Wasps forward was initially banned for four weeks, reduced from six because of mitigating factors such as good conduct and a guilty plea.

But Hughes tweeted "what a joke" upon leaving the hearing, forcing the panel to reconvene the next day.

It decided Hughes did not merit a reduction so the full ban was restored.

The number eight then deleted his Twitter account.

Wasps player Nathan Hughes during the Gallagher Premiership rugby game between Sale Sharks and Wasps at JW Bell Stadium on Sept 22 - PHOTO: Steve Bond/PPAUK[/caption]

Folau posted on social media last April that "hell awaits" for "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists, idolaters".

Folau's $5m (£2.7m) contract with the Wallabies and the Sydney-based New South Wales Waratahs was terminated in May.

The Northampton hooker, who was at the centre of a storm over a racial tweet concerning double Olympic champion, Mo Farah, had his contract terminated by the club in August 2012.

The message read: ‘Good luck Mohammed running for Paki...I mean Great Britain.”

The offensive message was quickly taken down with Sharman closing his account

In June 2013, All Black Israel Dagg apologised for the use of a homophobic slur on twitter.

After the comment caused a large online response he apologised for poor "choice of word."

"Wrong choice of word people don't let it ruin ya Sunday, keep smiling," he Tweeted.

The tighthead was widely criticised for an offensive tweet he sent in June 2015. The prop, who was in Los Angeles at the time, tweeted that he was attending a Kesha gig as part of Pride in West Hollywood and included the hashtag #BacksToTheWall.