Mike Tindall played outside centre for Bath and Gloucester, and won 75 caps for England between 2000 and 2011.
40 Facts About Mike Tindall
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Mike Tindall was a member of the England squad which won the 2003 World Cup.
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Mike Tindall made his debut for England on 5 February 2000, against Ireland in the 2000 Six Nations Championship.
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Mike Tindall was injured at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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Mike Tindall played in eleven Six Nations Championship competitions from 2000 to 2011.
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Mike Tindall is married to Zara Phillips, the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and the eldest niece of King Charles III.
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Michael James Mike Tindall was born 18 October 1978 at Wharfedale Hospital in Otley, West Yorkshire, the son of Philip "Phil" Mike Tindall, a banker for Barclays, and Linda, a social worker.
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Mike Tindall joined Bath straight from school, as an 18-year-old in 1997.
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At the time, the centre pairing at Bath and England were Jeremy Guscott and Phil de Glanville, but after the 1999 Rugby World Cup, Tindall played regularly at both club and country level, making his England debut against Ireland at Twickenham in 2000 alongside Mike Catt, scoring a try in the process.
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Mike Tindall wore the number 12 jersey and played at outside centre; he usually lined up outside Greenwood, as the latter preferred to wear the number 13 jersey for superstitious reasons.
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Mike Tindall was dropped for the semi-final in favour of Mike Catt, whose kicking was required in the rainy weather.
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Mike Tindall missed the 2005 Six Nations with a foot injury.
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Mike Tindall's contract became up for renewal in 2005, but encountered difficulties with Bath's strict salary cap policy.
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The partnership was heavily criticised and Mike Tindall reportedly spent much of the season showing a poor run of form despite selection.
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On 18 November 2006, Mike Tindall made his first Guinness Premiership start of the season against third-placed Wasps.
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Mike Tindall came back from his injury however with a much more highly rated run of form.
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Mike Tindall was again included in the England starting line up for the 2007 Six Nations opener against Scotland at Twickenham, under new head coach Brian Ashton, selected to play outside former rugby league footballer Andy Farrell.
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In October 2007, after recovering from injury, Mike Tindall returned to the Gloucester starting line up, against Worcester Warriors at home, in the Guinness Premiership.
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Mike Tindall had a "fairytale" comeback, scoring a try to the Shed's delight.
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On 7 December 2007 against Bourgoin in the Heineken Cup, Mike Tindall limped off the field with a shin injury sustained in a similar tackle from that against Newcastle the previous season when he broke his leg.
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In February 2008 Mike Tindall was named in Brian Ashton's squad for the upcoming Six Nations Championship, and thus started for England at outside centre against Wales at Twickenham on 2 February 2008.
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Mike Tindall had attempted to win possession just as Jones was kicking the ball away, and was ruled out of the tournament with internal bleeding, a perforated liver, and a punctured lung.
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In January 2008, Mike Tindall announced a new three-year deal signed to remain at Gloucester until the end of the 2011 season.
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On 15 July 2014, Mike Tindall announced his retirement from professional rugby.
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Since retiring, Mike Tindall has gone back to grassroots rugby and is playing and coaching with amateur club Minchinhampton RFC, who compete in Gloucester 2.
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Mike Tindall made his debut against Gloucester All Blues in October 2014.
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Mike Tindall stated during the appeal process that he had not intentionally misled Johnson, as he did not remember the relevant events.
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Mike Tindall was filmed flirting with an unknown woman at a bar in Queenstown, New Zealand, during the 2011 Rugby World Cup A bouncer uploaded security camera footage of the incident to YouTube, and was later charged with accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose.
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Mike Tindall was selected for the Barbarians squad on their short tour in May 2012 against England at Twickenham, Ireland at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester and Wales at the Millennium Stadium.
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In May 2013, Mike Tindall captained the Barbarians against England at Twickenham.
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Mike Tindall's wife's next two pregnancies ended in miscarriage, before their second daughter, Lena Elizabeth Tindall, was born on 18 June 2018, at Stroud Maternity Hospital.
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Mike Tindall's nose was broken at least eight times during his rugby career; in 2018, he underwent a surgery that fixed the fractures.
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In 2015, Mike Tindall appeared on reality television shows The Jump and Bear Grylls: Mission Survive.
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Mike Tindall appeared in the 2022 edition of I'm a Celebrity.
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Mike Tindall has appeared as the host for a number of charity sporting events, including a golf classic sponsored by the Legion Foundation every year to raise money for the on Course Foundation and Rugby for Heroes.
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In 2012, Mike Tindall became the charity ambassador for The Midlands Air Ambulance.
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In late 2013, Mike Tindall became a brand ambassador for online trading company UFXMarkets.
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Mike Tindall is the principal patron of both the Matt Hampson Foundation and Rugby for Heroes.
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Mike Tindall has been increasing his involvement with Right To Play since his introduction to their work in 2015.
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In December 2016, Mike Tindall was announced as an Athlete Ambassador for the charity Right To Play UK, which uses play to educate and empower children to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities.