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Anything Matt Henjak can do Jimmy Cowan can do better. The New Zealand scrum-half must be the luckiest man on the planet, even jammier than Tim Henman for somehow blagging a job with the Beeb despite not having a personality, after Graham Henry named him among the replacements for the opening Tri-Nations Test against South Africa.

Rugby's boozey image is giving Amy Winehouse a run for her money with Cowan's third misdemeanor in as many months.

Jerome Kaino was recently arrested for drink-driving, England's players toasted defeat in a lapdancing club after a humiliating Auckland defeat, Doug Howlett's Hilton Hotel hammering after the All-Blacks 'oopsy dazy' Rugby World Cup exit and now Cowan's third incident of disorderly conduct in the last few months has prompted the New Zealand Rugby Union to make an example of the 26-year-old.

Cowan's been slapped with a professional booze ban, meaning no sauce while he is contracted to the NZRU, a $3000 fine and ordered the to seek counseling.

Senior All-Blacks even pointed the finger at some of their teammates over their drinking debacles. Ali Williams and Dan Carter were reported to have been enjoying the scenery with some of the England players in the Pony Club that fun-filled night, so a whisky chaser is firmly off the cards before the Springbok clash.