Melbourne, June 29 2009: Catching a rugby league game at a pub with just pints of beer for company was the reason why Andrew Symonds was dumped from Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup squad, the troubled all-rounder has revealed.

Symonds was sent home from the event held in England after breaking an alcohol-related team agreement, Cricket Australia had said at that time.

Opening up about the episode that also cost him his central contract with CA, Symonds said he went out to watch a rugby league match between NSW and Queensland at a pub after the practice match against Bangladesh and returned late, that too drunk.

“I love Origin football and for me, with Origin football comes a few beers.

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