( CNN ) -- A rugby star married into British royalty has been punished for his controversial off-field antics during the recent World Cup in New Zealand . Mike Tindall was fined Â£25,000 ( $ 40,000 ) Friday and expelled from England 's elite squad for his conduct on September 11 in Queenstown . He said he would appeal the decisions . The 33-year-old , who married Queen Elizabeth 's granddaughter Zara Phillips in July , was caught on security cameras in close conversation with another woman during a night out drinking . He later said she was a friend , but the incident erupted in the British media and disrupted England 's on-field focus . `` Mike Tindall 's actions reached a level of misconduct that was unacceptable in a senior England player and amounted to a very serious breach of the EPS Code of Conduct , '' England 's professional rugby director Rob Andrew said in a statement Friday . `` Whilst we acknowledge his previous good character , it needs to be made clear that what he did will not be tolerated . '' Tindall was a World Cup winner in 2003 and a stand-in team captain during his 11-year international career , which may now be at an end . He was one of three players found guilty of off-pitch indiscretions during a review of England 's tournament , which culminated in a quarterfinal exit . Chris Ashton and James Haskell were given suspended fines of Â£5,000 ( $ 8,000 ) after an incident at the team 's hotel in Dunedin on September 9 . Dylan Hartley , however , was cleared of being involved after they were all accused of making inappropriate comments to a female hotel worker . `` It should be stressed that the allegations of very serious wrongdoing made by Annabel Newton , a member of staff at the team hotel , were entirely false . We do not believe the players had any intention to sexually harass or intimidate Ms. Newton , '' Andrew said . `` However , the incident is precisely the kind of dangerous , compromising situation the players were warned about prior to departure for New Zealand and that they were specifically told to avoid in the Code of Conduct . '' England 's tournament was marred by a series of off-field incidents . The night that Tindall was seen with the woman , some of his teammates were pictured wrestling with dwarves at the same bar . Manu Tuilagi was fined after jumping into the sea from a ferry in Auckland the day after England 's quarterfinal defeat by France . The Samoa-born center was also cautioned by police and criticized by head coach Martin Johnson for his actions . Tuilagi was earlier fined by tournament officials for using a non-sanctioned branded mouthguard . Two of Johnson 's assistants were banned from the team 's final Pool B match against Scotland for illegally switching the match ball during a 67-3 win over Romania .
Mike Tindall fined $ 40,000 and expelled from England 's elite rugby squad . Text: I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but here goes... Tindall said he would appeal the decisions . Two teammates given suspended fines after earlier incident at hotel during World Cup .