Manu Tuilagi and Denny Solomona have both been sent home from an England training camp.
It was announced this morning that the reason was the decision was 'team culture issues', a level of PR speak not unexpected from a team which now calls its replacements 'finishers'.
SQUAD UPDATE | Denny Solomona and Manu Tuilagi have been sent home today from England's training camp following team culture issues.
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) August 7, 2017
The BBC's Chris Jones reports that the issues cited were alcohol related.
Understand Solomona and Tuilagi episode is alcohol-related. The pair trained normally on Saturday and Sunday but sent home this morning.
— Chris Jones BBC (@chjones9) August 7, 2017
Leicester centre Tuilagi has 27 caps for England. The 26-year-old made his first appearance for England in nearly two years last March in a Six Nations game against Wales.
Solomona, a New Zealand-born rugby league convert, made his debut for England during the summer. The Sale winger came off the bench to score a winning try against Argentina.
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