Mike Tindall has admitted that his off-field relationships with Springboks players were just as fraught as they were on the pitch during the early part of his career.

The former England captain locked horns with South Africa several times and generally had the better of the battle.

Some of those duels were ferocious, including the infamous 2002 clash when the Springboks were slammed for their thuggishness in a 53-3 defeat, which saw Jannes Labuschagne red-carded for a late hit on Jonny Wilkinson.

That behaviour did not endear the Boks to Tindall who, when asked on The Good, The Bad and The

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