Football v Rugby. This guy on Twitter makes a good point

[Brentwood]

If a high profile footballer had got himself knocked down by a bus whilst on a piss-up, he’d be a disgrace, a bad role model, an idiot. Every report about Cipriani’s ”accident” has been very sympathetic. Say it was Balotelli. He’d have been putting the lives of the driver and his passengers at risk. They’d interview the traumatized victims. ”Kelly Brook’s boyfriend beats up bus” becomes ”BOOZE-FUELLED FOOTBALLER PUTS PUBLIC’S LIVES AT RISK”

[Luis Anaconda]

And a vast exaggeration. The fact was in this case the bloke landed up in hospital which was probably the major reason the sympathetic view was taken - if you look back at Cipriani's previous indiscretions you will see he's been hammered for his, well getting hammered, in the past

[Maravilloso Marvo]

Flintoff or Paul Gascoigne's antics over the years. Those lovable rogues.

[Mack]

[redgunamo]

Rugby, on the other hand, is largely full of honest, sensible folk who understand that decent sporting men deserve to be able to enjoy a decent sporting drink and damn the consequences.

[Luis Anaconda]

tbf if it was any other Sale player it would barely have merited a mention

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Mack]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Ashberto]

Just wanted to be different.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[The Tony]