* Mike Tindall
England skipper Mike Tindall is now royalty after marrying the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, but he made a right royal goose of himself when he and his teammates became embroiled in the now infamous `dwarf-throwing' scandal in Queenstown. Even though the England players had been given permission to go out for a few drinks, the tabloids had a field day the morning after posting stories and pictures of the players allegedly taking part in the Mad Midget Weekender. Tindall didn't help matters when he was caught on the bar's CCTV flirting with a mystery blonde woman. One is not amused.
* Tweeting War
Samoan centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu became a social media rebel during the tournament and began a personal crusade against the IRB using Twitter to vent his frustration's with rugby's governing body.
Sapolu, who trained as a lawyer in Auckland, likened the treatment of his team who had only a four day rest between their clash with Namibia and Wales, to "slavery' and the "holocaust''. The Gloucester player accused referee Nigel Owens of being a "racist'' after his team's 13-5 loss to South Africa.
Sapolu received a suspended six-month ban for his off-field indiscretions.
* Jane's Daggy night out
Cory Jane has always been a little different - he's been known to turn up to Hurricanes training in the middle of winter in shorts, a singlet and Ugg boots - and he thought nothing of having a few beers and a cigarette in public with injured fullback Israel Dagg just three nights before the All Blacks' quarter-final with Argentina. It wasn't a crime but it wasn't a good look and it went down like a sore foot with captain Richie McCaw. Fortunately for Jane, he backed it up with a good game against Argentina and he then had a blinder (playing, not drinking) against Australia.
It didn't help that it came on the back of Zac Guildford allegedly breaking team curfew during New Zealand's Bledisloe Cup loss to Australia in Brisbane. Guildford was brought out to face the media for his penance and admitted to having drinking issues.
* Marc Lievremont
The outspoken France coach is never too far from controversy. The former test flanker has always had a fractious relationship with the French media and walked out of a press conference in the lead-up to the game against Canada after appearing frustrated with a journalist's line of questioning.
Lievremont's relationship with his players has appeared tense at times during the tournament also. He labelled his players "spoiled brats'' after the team went out on the town to celebrate their narrow semifinal win over Wales in Auckland. He went on to describe his team as "disobedient, sometimes selfish, and always complaining''.
