An injured Phil May hangs his head as his Welsh side lose to Western Samoa (1991)
Atsushi Ogagi is hit in the face during Doshiba University’s visit to Cambridge University (1989)
Australia’s James Horwill with an eye injury caused by a punch from France’s Imanol Harinordoquy (2008)
England brothers Tom & Ben Youngs come up against South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth (2012)
Brad Barritt & Quade Cooper clash heads during England’s win over Australia (2014)
Brian O’Driscoll is spear tackled by All Blacks Tana Umaga & Kevin Mealamu (2005)
Brumbies lock Justin Harrison & Lions winger Austin Healey square up (2001)
Cardiff Blues Captain Paul Tito gets to grips with Northampton’s Dylan Hartley (2010)
Danny Cipriani of Wasps in agony after suffering a dislocated ankle (2008)
Referee Dave McHugh sends off James Dalton, Gareth Rees & Rod Snow after a huge brawl during South Africa’s match with Canada dubbed the ‘Battle of Boet Erasmus II’ (1995)
Denis Hickie of Irelands’ head gushes with blood during a clash with Wales (2007)
Dimitri Szarzewski of France tussles with Argentinian Patricio Albacete (2008)
England’s Mike Tindall bears the marks of over-zealous French rucking (2009)
England’s Paul Ackford is led off the pitch after being knocked out by Argentina’s Federico Mendez (1990)
Florian Fritz of Toulouse is led off the pitch with a cuts and a concussion (2014)
Garin Jenkins of Wales has both eyes gouged by Argentina prop Roberto Grau (1999)
George North lies unconscious after a heavy blow to the head vs England (2015)
Georgia Page breaks her nose but continues to play for Lindenwood University vs Notre Dame (2015)
JPR Williams of Bridgend displays a nasty facial injury during his side’s game with New Zealand (1978)
Lincoln Ladies’ Simone Marples breaks her arm on her first (& last) game of rugby against Kettering (1999)
Manu Tuilagi uses Chris Ashton’s head as a punchbag (2011)
Mickey Skinner and Eric Champ square up during England’s Quarter Final with France (1991)
Mouritz Botha of Saracens and Northampton's Juandre Kruger square up (2010)
New Zealand’s Colin Meads lies in hospital with an arm break he sustained vs Eastern Transvaal (1970)
Ronan O’Gara of the Lions reacts to being punched repeatedly by Duncan McRae (2001)
Ryan Crotty of the Crusaders receives treatment during the Super Rugby Grand Final against the Waratahs (2014)
Sam Cane with a nasty cut to his head caused by clashing heads with fellow All Black Owen Franks (2013)
Scottish duo Alasdair Strokosch & Joe Ansbro clash heads celebrating their victory over Australia (2012)
Shane Jennings sheds blood for Leinster during their defeat at Clermont Auvergne (2012)
South Africa captain Corne Krige attempts to elbow England’s Martin Johnson (2007)
South Africa’s Johan Le Roux bites New Zealand’s Sean Fitzpatrick’s ear (1994)
Springbok lock Bakkies Botha earns a nine-week ban for headbutting New Zealand’s Jimmy Cowan (2009)
Tom Youngs of Leicester Tigers is punched by Northampton prop Salesi Ma’afu (2014)
Welsh prop Graham Price holds his jaw after being punched by Australia’s Steve Finnane (1978)
A dad of a Fullerians player trips a Royston player from the sideline during an Under 16 match (2014)
Andy Dalton leads out New Zealand Cavaliers unofficial tour of South Africa (1986)
A protester makes her views clear over the South African tour to New Zealand (1981)
Ben Kay drops the ball before touching down in England’s World Cup Final vs Australia (2003)
Colin Smart puts himself in hospital after drinking a bottle of aftershave (1982)
Dan Cole doing some dwarf tossing during England’s infamous pre-World Cup night out (2011)
David Campese walks up Oxford Street after losing a bet that England wouldn’t win the World Cup (2003)
England’s Manu Tuilagi is detained by Auckland police after jumping off a ferry (2011)
Erica Roe streaks during England’s match with Australia (1982)
Gary Knight of New Zealand is hit by a flour bomb (1981) *(See also Marx Jones)
George Gregan taunts Byron Kelleher as Australia beat the All Blacks in the World Cup semi-final (2003)
Harlequins’ Tom Williams fakes a blood injury in what became known as ‘Bloodgate’ (2009)
Hurricanes’ Ma’a Nonu swears repeatedly during a radio interview (2010)
Jerry Collins of New Zealand has a pee on the pitch before New Zealand’s Bledisloe Cup match with Australia (2006)
Juan Leguizamon of London Irish dives over the try line, and drops the ball (2007)
Manu Tuilagi does ‘bunny ears’ behind Prime Minister David Cameron at a British & Irish Lions reception (2013)
Mark Cueto’s try is ruled out during England’s World Cup Final defeat to South Africa (2007)
Martin Johnson forces Irish President Mary McAleese to walk on the grass before England’s win at Lansdowne Road (2003)
Marx Jones drops flour bombs out his Cessna aeroplane during South Africa’s controversial visit to New Zealand (1981)
Neil Back of Leicester taps the ball out of Peter Stringer’s hands during Munster’s scrum in the last minute of the Heineken Cup Final (2002)
Ronan O’Gara puts his hands in his pockets as he meets the Queen (2009)
South Africa’s player enter the notorious Kamp Staaldraad ‘boot camp’ (2003)
Springboks ‘fan’ Piet van Zyl is escorted from the pitch after attacking referee David McHugh (2002)
Streaker Michael O’Brien has his modesty covered by a policeman’s helmet (1974)
Toulouse’s Clement Poitrenaud trys to shepherd the ball out of play enabling Wasps’ Rob Howley to score the winning try in the last minute of the Heineken Cup Final (2004)
Toulouse’s Trevor Brennan attacks Ulster fan Patrick Bamford in the crowd (2007)
Wales’ Mike Phillips responds to One Direction boyband member Niall Horan’s critical tweet (2014)