Wedding revellers get back to work

England centre Mike Tindall was given a rude awakening on his return to his side's Rugby World Cup training base following his high-profile royal wedding to Zara Phillips on Saturday.

Tindall was joined at his Edinburgh nuptials by a host of his team-mates including Chris Ashton, Lewis Moody, Steve Thompson, Danny Care and Jonny Wilkinson with reports suggesting the party continued into the following day. But England manager Martin Johnson, who has cut his squad down to 40 players ahead of back-to-back World Cup warm-up games against Wales, put his men through a rigorous fitness test on their return.

"They normally give us [fitness] programmes through the weekend but they didn't last weekend because they knew a few of us would be going up to the wedding and having a drink," said Ashton. "It gave people a bit of a chance to relax knowing that we were going to go hard this morning in fitness tests and I think they have managed to get us back if we had a drink this weekend!"

Asked whether any of the England players were sick during the test, overseen by national fitness coach Calvin Morris, Ashton joked: "No one ate breakfast!"

Tindall was given an extra night away from camp but returned to Pennyhill Park today and was training with the squad this afternoon. "Mike went up Thursday lunchtime and he is back now - he probably feels like he has never been away," said Johnson, who was also one of the guests. "He looked fine. Anyon

e who is fit is in the reckoning to play at the weekend. We will announce the squad on Thursday." 

Those with strong stomachs will recall Hugh Hefner’s been defending his prowess in the bedroom Olympics just recently, and he’s not pleased. Now former Playboy star, Kendra Wilkinson says Crystal Harris is ‘trash’ formaking the remarks.
“I thought she’d be classy about things after their split,” she tells reporters. “But it’s not classy how she’s opening her mouth the way she is.”

Pot? You have a call from the kettle on line four.

But the 26-year-old sex-tape siren wasn’t done; “She should have kept her mouth shut, been a bigger person and just walked away,” Kendra opined. “She looks like trash.”

Spotlight Saturday - Amy Whinehouse

Spotlight Saturday

 

The soulful sultry voice of brit born Amy Whinehouse has been stifled long before its time as the 27 year old, best known for her old school sound and amazing contralto vocals was found dead this afternoon 4:00 UK time, in her home in Camden, London.  The cause of her passing remains 'unexplained' however, it's no secret that the young singer had an ongoing history with drugs & alcohol.  Whinehouse gained popularity in the UK several years before she came on the scene in America with her second album titled, 'Back To Black' in 2006.  Ironically, it wasn't until 2007, with her hit song 'Rehab' that she rose to fame here in the states.  Besides being noted for her vocal abilities, Amy was the muse to fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.  She wasn't just the beehive, eyeliner and tattoos, she was an amazing talent who had the ability to infuse jazz, r&b and soul into every song she sang.