Summer etiquette: 'Doing a Zac'

All Black Zac Guildford back in Auckland after an alcohol fuelled incident in the Cook Islands. Photo / Sarah Ivey

IF YOU SEE AN ALL BLACK OUT ON THE RAZZLE, IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO TELL THEM TO 'GO HOME BEFORE YOU DO A ZAC'?

The short answer is no.

If the player is still coherent it's unlikely he'll take too kindly to a stranger ordering him home because of the actions of a colleague.

And if he's already naked, wet and bleeding, duck, and wait for the NZRU to broker an apology at a later date.

But there is another way for those determined to stop boozed-up rugby players in their tracks, thanks to Queenstown bouncer/moralist Jonathan Dixon.

An Australian supporter was reportedly ignored when he told England centre Mike Tindall to pull his head in as the player got close with a mystery blonde outside Altitude Bar during the Rugby World Cup.

Dixon had a delayed but more effective method - uploading CCTV footage of the incident to YouTube, spliced with footage of the bouncer delivering an emotional rant against Tindall's behaviour.

As a result, rugby players the world over can now be scared sober by anyone who pretends to be a bouncer and says things like: "You behave in a manner unbecoming of someone of which is an ambassador."