Rugby: Wallabies fined for food fight

Three Wallabies, including teenage sensation James O'Connor, have been fined for engaging in a food fight at the rugby team's hotel.

Quade Cooper and Josh Valentine were the others involved in the incident, which required one of the player's rooms to be cleaned at an additional cost.

The ARU was tightlipped about the skylarking, only confirming it took place during the Wallabies' just-completed inbound test series.

"The ARU is extremely disappointed by their behaviour as it does not meet the required standards of a Wallaby," a spokesman said.

The ARU fined all three players and declared the matter closed.

Despite disciplining the trio, the ARU did not deem the offence serious enough to drop O'Connor or Valentine from the bench for last night's 22-6 test win over France at ANZ Stadium.

O'Connor, 18, and Cooper, just turned 21, have a history of high jinx.

On the eve of their test debuts against Italy on last year's spring tour, the two backline rookies were seen dodging and weaving traffic as they fired passes to one another on the cobbled streets of Padova.

With the Wallabies largely observing a no drinking policy under coach Robbie Deans, the the ARU would be hopeful an old-fashioned food fight will be as bad as it gets.

- AAP