Mike Tindall, Rugby Star and Zara Phillips' Husband, 'Gropes' Woman During Dwarf-Throwing Contest?

An English Rugby star has found himself at the center of media attention, but not because of his marriage to Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips, or his success in the Rugby World Cup.

Mike Tindall has been accused of groping and kissing a blonde during a dwarf-throwing contest at a bar in Queenstown, New Zealand, according to the Sun.

The Sun reported that several women approached the rugby players, and that when one blonde woman made advances at Tindall, he couldn't resist. The tabloid cites one source who said:

"She pulled his head towards her breasts and she rubbed the back of his head as she did so.

"The girl was absolutely stunning and all over him. He clearly thought it was a case of 'What happens on tour, stays on tour'.

"But it's not the behaviour you would expect of a man who is not only England captain but also now a member of the Royal Family.

But Altitude Bar manager, Rich Deane, took to the bar's Facebook page to deny claims that the incident ever happened. He wrote:

Firstly: There was no dwarf throwing - thats just not cool!

Secondly: There was no scandal by any of the English Rugby Players that we saw! They were great lads, not throwing the midgets, it was all light hearted good humored fun! This is the tabloids taking photos out of context and telling silly stories.

Members of the England Rugby Team took to the streets of Queenstown on Sunday during a night off from the World Cup. Tindall and some of his teammates "were spectators" in a "Mad Midget Weekender" event, but a team spokesperson said the management knew about the outing, The Guardian reports.

"Like all the lads he plays for England with a massive amount of passion and he was relaxing after a tough match," the official told The Guardian.

Several photos of Tindall and his teammates celebrating were posted on the bar's Facebook page.

The Sun's lead story piqued the interest of the media, and when one reporter asked the team about the allegations, he or she was asked to leave the field, according to The Press.

There's no word on what the Queen thinks of the reports.

Tindall married Phillips in a low-key ceremony on July 30. Phillips is thirteenth in line to the throne.

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[Mandy Littlefield]

06:16 PM on 10/09/2011

Sigh. I liked Mike. He and Zara always looked like good friends, a good boyfriend/girlfriend pair, but married? Didn't see it. This just proves they should not have wed.

http://mandysroyalty.org/royal_rep/10/2011/royaltynow-tindall-scandal-royal-professionals/

[bob40wil]

12:19 PM on 09/28/2011

I'm sorry, I can't believe this, the English are far too sophisticated to do such a dasterdly deed.

[Ray Russelburg]

04:29 AM on 09/18/2011

Dwarf tossing contest? How do they decide who goes first?

Toss a Dwarf into the air and call it? heads or tails (Literally)?

[aero56]

08:20 AM on 09/17/2011

Zara should have realized that something like this will happen. Sports star, booze, boys, groupies, yep, it was all there. Maybe Zara should now go out with the girls, to a bar, and give a lap dance to some groupie guy.

[Mandy Littlefield]

06:17 PM on 10/09/2011

Zara is too classy, I think. Why would she want to stoop to his level? I would like to think Anne taught her better than that.

[Adam Dray]

06:58 AM on 09/17/2011

They throw midgets in England???? Why does everyone else have all the fun!!!?? Over here we call that drunk and disorderly LOL...cant get away with it without getting arrested....I need to check out England during Dwarf tossing season.........

[spikeritz]

10:37 AM on 09/16/2011

Dwarf tossing? I am still laughing at the thought....... I would type but I can't stop laughing! I 've got to find one of these. Does anyone know of one of these in Denver? Sounds like a fun night out.

Public Service Annoucement: No Dwarfs were harmed during this tossing.

Hope the little folks make lots of money from this. God Bless them.

[sarah9]

10:47 AM on 09/16/2011

No, I laughed till I cried when I heard they'd been throwing little people.

Then the bar owner's statement was the icing on very hilarious cake.

[sarah9]

10:30 AM on 09/16/2011

'They were great lads, not throwing the midgets.' There, the bar owner said nothing happened. As for Tindall, he was set up. She was all over him, dragging his head to her chest and forcing herself onto him. Smacked of a set up.

Why do we insist on ruining or sports teams' chances at a major tournament? Why can't we just support them instead of looking for 'shocking' scandals where there are none.

Rugby players went for drinks in New Zealand. Rugby players drink a lot, it's not a secret but the one thing they are capable of doing is not letting the media upset them. The players said this is the catalyst for a better team performance on Sunday against Georgia. They said the media's over reaction has made them more of a team. Ah well, media should get back to planning a honey trap for little Jack Wilshere to fall into next summer and report it just before he flies out to Poland and Ukraine for the Euros.

[Seaniebhoy]

12:45 PM on 09/16/2011

If I didn't know better you would swear this was a NOTW set up.

[concerned tax payer]

08:09 AM on 09/16/2011

We ought to have a Royal Tossing contest - throw the Queen down a bowling ally and see if her legs knock down any bowling pins as she screams and messes up her royal hair.

[Juda Farmer]

01:59 AM on 09/16/2011

Dont know whats worse. Him groping some strange woman or the thought of dwarf tossing actually occurring....

Dwarf tossing? Seriously?

[RainDance33]

05:12 AM on 09/16/2011

The dwarf throwing never happened. But if you take rugby players, girls, booze, a couple of midgets, and the English press and throw then all into a bar with a pole and a pool then yep, there is going to be entertainment.

[concerned tax payer]

08:10 AM on 09/16/2011

I'd just take the girls and booze and call it entertaining... skip the brits from across the pond and if it is a dwarf, just another fantasy fulfilled!

[Nate35]

08:44 PM on 09/15/2011

To be honest, I originally thought this story was about him sexually assaulting a dwarf and then hurling her through the air. The truth is kind of underwhelming. Rugby players getting plastered, who knew!

[Seaniebhoy]

12:46 PM on 09/16/2011

The interest is more to do with the fact that the lad involved is the husband of the Queen's grand daughter.

[Nate35]

01:27 PM on 09/16/2011

Obviously, but I'm just saying that's a far cry from the hilarious implications one could draw from the headline, especially since I don't care abut the Queen's granddaughter more than any tart on the street.

[Natalie Edwards]

08:01 PM on 09/15/2011

Come on guys please please notice there is an World Cup sporting event taking place in New Zealand. No not dwarf throwing. And it even has teams from other countries, unlike your "world sporting events.

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/

[Nate35]

08:49 PM on 09/15/2011

You realize I already spend like 36 hours a week during the fall devoted to watching/reading about American Football. Between that and the small time I spend on baseball I literally do not have the time to get involved in another sport right now.

I did watch part of the U.S. Ireland game, however they were playing it on Sunday and I already knew the end, so the Steelers-Ravens game won out.

[Natalie Edwards]

10:54 PM on 09/15/2011

Would the NFL fall to bits if you only devoted 30 hours to it? That is an incredible amount of time. What do you do for recreation?

[joannie iv]

09:43 PM on 09/16/2011

A rather condescending comment . Your Canadian team actualy won a game.

Cant ever see them doing much else rugby wise too tough for them I think .


Yes New Zealand has many visiting countries playing rugby Natalie but as I said just too rough for the gentle Canadians

[blueicy22]

07:21 PM on 09/15/2011

and by luck of the draw, he was awarded "Bridget the midget"

[majornutt2]

07:15 PM on 09/15/2011

I hope this incident doesn't give the sport of dwarf throwing a bad name.

[redrdstr]

08:26 PM on 09/15/2011

Think I'll invent a dwarf slingshot. Or perhaps a catapult. TV needs some new ideas for reality shows. How 'bout "Slingshot with the Stars"? Or "America's got Catapults"?

[majornutt2]

06:55 PM on 09/15/2011

At least he didn't grope the dwarf.

[Politidelic]

06:10 PM on 09/15/2011

What's more embarrassing? Being at a "Dwarf Throwing contest" or burying your face in cleavage just after marrying into the royal family? Kind of a toss up....

[jonsview2]

09:17 PM on 09/15/2011

Kind of a toss-up? That was a good'n!