Nick Phipps

Waratahs halfback Nick Phipps accepts punishment for bar blunder

"I'm a goose," said Phipps, when he fronted reporters on Tuesday, after the story broke. "If I'm going to do the crime, I'll pay the time.

"It's always been in my character to stand up and accept the responsibility, I was a bloody idiot."

Dressed in a cow suit, Phipps was kicked out of Sydney's Woollahra Hotel on Saturday, April 21 for an incident he said he had little memory of.

The incident occurred a day after he played in the NSW Waratahs' 29-0 Super Rugby home loss to the Lions and reportedly followed a harbour cruise to celebrate his impending wedding.

Wallaby penalised for hit on opposition physio

The peculiar incident happened when Australian halfback Nick Phipps went to collect a ball tossed to him by a ballboy, only for the Argentinian physio to decide he wanted a piece of the action.

Phipps took exception, giving the bloke a shove - with Australia eventually copping a penalty.