All Black wing Cory Jane says he has no recollection of the night out he and Israel Dagg were involved in during the Rugby World Cup in 2011 but denies the pair went out to mix sleeping pills and energy drinks.
Jane and Dagg were spotted acting curiously at a Takapuna Bar only a few days out before New Zealand's quarter-final against Argentina and it was revealed last week the pair may have indulged in mixing the pills with energy drinks in a bid to create a legal high.
New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew spoke about the now infamous night out for the first time last week and said Jane and Dagg had been involved in a childish game to see who could stay up the latest after taking sleeping pills. Tew also said the pair were drinking on the night in question.
Jane, who spoke with reporters before Hurricanes training in Newtown today, said the night began when he and Dagg decided to take two sleeping pills, after receiving a massage at the team hotel, to help them sleep before a big training session the next day.
The outside backs then decided to go and grab dinner but Jane said the pills took over and he had little memory of the evening.