Rugby College: Pictured: Drunken rugby fan who pretended to be member of England squad ...

Joshua Goldsworthy, 20, arrested for

being drunk and disorderly

He had reportedly been throwing beer bottles at pedestrians and traffic

He then began

resisting attempts to get into a police vehicle

Officers were alarmed after he told them he

was a key England player

They rushed him over to England team’s luxury hotel

But team official told them: ‘We’ve never seen this man before’

By

Nick Pisa

PUBLISHED:

16:47, 15 March 2014

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UPDATED:

17:05, 15 March 2014

Imposter: Drunken rugby fan Joshua Goldsworthy almost managed to convince Italian police he was a member of the England team

A drunk rugby fan was given a police escort to the luxury Rome hotel where the England team is based for this weekend’s Six Nations match against Italy, after convincing them he was a member of the squad.

Joshua Goldsworthy, 20, was arrested for

being drunk and disorderly in Rome city centre and then began

resisting attempts to get into a police vehicle.

Officers became alarmed after he told them he

was a key player with Stuart Lancaster’s England fifteen and decided to

rush him back to the squad’s luxury five star hotel.

But when they arrived with the man and asked to speak to an official from the RFU to verify his identity they were told:’Sorry, we’ve never seen this man before.’

Goldsworthy was taken to a city centre police station where he was being held for assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and being drunk and disorderly.

Passers by had raised the alarm after the man began throwing empty beer bottles and glasses at pedestrians and passing traffic.

When police arrived the man, who is thought to have become separated from his friends during a night out, threw a bottle at them before running away but was quickly caught.

A police spokesman said: ‘He was in a very drunk state and very abusive towards the officers while he was being taken in the car to the police station.

‘When the man then said he was a member of the England squad they became concerned and so decided to double check.

‘They went to the hotel where the England

team are staying and asked the officials but they said they had never

heard of him at all – so he was taken back to the main police station in

the city where he is now being held.’

Not impressed: An England official told Italian police:

Not impressed: An England official told Italian police: ‘We’ve never seen this man before’

Incredibly after the incident Goldsworthy posted a message on his Twitter account to say he was going out drinking in Rome again

Around 20,000 fans made the trip to Rome for the crunch game which was played at the city’s Olympic Stadium.

Goldsworthy,

has a Twitter account account in the name of @rubberbooby, with a

photograph of himself dressed as a Tellytubby character and he describes

himself as a ‘professional Guinness drinker’.

Last Thursday he posted about the trip saying: ‘See you all later on off to Italy for a cheeky weekend away’.

Cornishman Goldsworthy told Italian police he was a member of England coach Stuart Lancaster

Blag: Cornishman Goldsworthy told Italian police that he was a member of England coach Stuart Lancaster’s Six Nations team

It appears Goldsworthy was released before the kick off and managed to get in and watch the game as he posted a tweet saying what a good game it had been.

But he made no mention of his arrest and even bragged how he was going out drinking in the city again.Â

After England won the match by 11 point to 52 a post appeared on his Twitter account reading: ‘Cracking game great win now a few beers in Rome!’

It appears Goldsworthy was released before the kick off and managed to get in and watch the game as he posted a tweet saying:

It appears Goldsworthy was released before the kick off and managed to get in and watch the game as he posted a tweet saying: ‘Cracking game great win now a few beers in Rome!’