Sport | Rugby Union

Danny Care fined for drink-driving

10 April 2012

England rugby star Danny Care was fined a total of £3,100 and banned from driving for 16 months today after pleading guilty to drink-driving in the early hours of New Year's Day.

The Harlequins scrum-half was stopped at the Winchester services on the M3 motorway in Hampshire in the early hours, Southampton Magistrates' Court heard.

The incident led to the 25-year-old being excluded from the RBS 6 Nations squad. It came three weeks after he had been fined by police for being drunk and disorderly.

On New Year's Eve, hours before his arrest, Care tweeted: "2012 is hopefully going to be a massive year... Earn respect. Earn the shirt. Set the example."

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