THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF MERCURIAL MANU

JUNE 2010 Almost deported to his native Samoa before the Home Office allowed him to stay. He had entered the country on a holiday visa six years earlier and stayed on illegally.

MAY 2011 Banned for five weeks after punching Northampton’s Chris Ashton. Named Premiership Young Player of the Year. AUG 2011 Marks England debut with a try against Wales at Twickenham. OCT 2011 Warned by police and fined £3,000 after jumping off a ferry in Auckland during the Rugby World Cup. Also fined £4,800 for wearing a sponsored mouthguard at the tournament.

DEC 2012 Scores one try and sets up two more in England’s record 38-21 victory over New Zealand at Twickenham.

JUNE 2013 Part of victorious Lions tour to Australia but makes just one appearance from the bench in the third Test.

SEPT 2013 Photographed making a ‘bunny ears’ gesture behind Prime Minister David Cameron when the Lions squad visited Downing Street.

MAY 2015 Fined £5,500 and ordered to pay £705 in costs after pleading guilty to one count of assault by beating, one count of criminal damage and two counts of assaulting a police officer during a night out in Leicester. Told he will miss the World Cup, though a groin injury would have ruled him out.

AUG 2017 Sent home from England training camp due to ‘team culture issues’ four days after he was recalled for the first time since March 2016.