15 Dec 2011

Care fined for drunken altercation

6:51 pm on 15 December 2011

The England rugby halfback Danny Care has been fined an undisclosed amount by his club Harlequins after being arrested following a drunken altercation.

The 24-year-old, who missed this year's World Cup through injury, was arrested by police at the weekend following Harlequins' 21-10 European Cup loss to Toulouse.

Care was later released without charge after paying a fixed penalty fine.

Care was given an informal reprimand by interim England coach Stuart Lancaster but has escaped disciplinary action from the RFU.

Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea says they sought to resolve the issue swiftly ahead of this weekend's return fixture with Toulouse.