Boys on tour: James Haskell, top left, with clockwise Simon Shaw, Nick Easter, Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley in 2011. Shaw and Easter were not involved in the incident with the maid
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THERE is an old saying in rugby which is cast in stone and is known at every level of the game from the top to the bottom, ‘What goes on tour stays on tour’. It comes from the fact that when a team tours there are a number of things that happen that are never referred to again except by those involved when alone together.
Most are just childish pranks but some...