GAV: I HAD 25 PINTS THE NIGHT I GOT DECKED! (No wonder I went down so easily, says rugby ace)
Natalie Camm
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He’s hit the nail on the head...and it’s no laughing matter. BAD-BOY rugby ace Gavin Henson says he downed “20 to 25 pints” the night he was decked by a team-mate on a night out.
Wales star Henson had been with Bath Rugby club for a month when he was punched by Carl Fearns in a pub during a team bonding session in a Bath pub.
The player, who split from Charlotte Church in 2010 after five years and two kids together, said: “I’ve been told I went down easily that night, that sort of thing.
“But there was a lot of drink – about 20 or 25 pints – so I think anyone would have gone down. go out. It was embarrassing and not a good thing for the club.
“But I like to think the squad got tighter after that.
“If I can get out on the field and start performing then hopefully it will be forgotten, and people will accept me and respect me as a player.”
Age 22, 30F-25-36, from Kilburn
“To be honest, next day I couldn’t really remember much. I had a big headache that day.
“But maybe we’ll have a charity boxing match at the end of the year so I can get my respect back.”
Both players were fined and given warnings by Bath after the incident.
The 31-year-old added: “It wasn’t a great start to my Bath career but hopefully I can put that behind me.”
“There was a lot of drink involved, that’s my excuse.
“Bad things seem to happen when I go out so maybe I shouldn’t