England rugby coach Martin Johnson has reprimanded his players after further reports of smutty behaviour emerged from their time in Dunedin.



Gap-year student and hotel worker Annabel Newton, 23, said that on September 9, players James Haskell, Dylan Hartley and Chris Ashton called her to their room, filmed her and shouted lewd comments.



Haskell shouted he wanted an Aussie kiss and told her that meant a 'blow job down under'.



"I was a joke to them. Afterwards they couldn't understand what they did wrong. Those players treated me with no respect," Newton told Britain's Sunday Mirror.



A source has said Haskell was the ring-leader for the silly taunting and organised taking Newton's walkie-talkie to his room so she would have to follow him.

An angry Johnson told a press conference in Auckland today that the behaviour of his players wasn't condoned.

"It is the type of thing we talked about. I think if you have seen the (newspaper) article, what they thought was humour has clearly not been taken that way by the girl involved," he said.

"We apologised at the time. They now realise they stepped over the mark and they had no idea how upset she subsequently became.

"I spoke to the hotel manager and apologised to him and his staff, and the guys formally apologised.

"We investigated the fact fully and I have reprimanded them for their behaviour.

"They have been disciplined. They went too far and she was upset and they did not realise at the time how upset she was.

"It just drags us all into it and that is what makes me particularly angry."

Newton was a conference attendant, helping to look after the team, making sure they had all their meals and dealt with any specific requests.



She said the players regularly joked with her about her walkie-talkie, stealing it and radioing in that they had taken her hostage.



Newton went up to the room to get her walkie-talkie back and found Hartley in just a towel. She then noticed Ashton and Haskell were also in the room.

"These guys towered over me. They were the tallest guys I have ever seen. I just remember James' stupid grin. He thought it was hilarious. Dylan was on the bed. Then they got out a video camera and started to film me. I tried to hide my face, saying I'm working."



She was ordered to say goodbye to the camera before grabbing her walkie-talkie and leaving the room.



The players have denied any wrong-doing, saying Newton was relaxed in their company.



Newton said she felt she had to go along with the jibes because she was embarrassed.



She was in tears afterwards and said their apology, which came eight days later, felt half-hearted. "I just got a sense they didn't care. I told him, I hear you guys got into a bit of trouble. Then one said, The heat's off us because of the Mike Tindall thing."



The alleged incident is said to have happened at Dunedin's Southern Cross Hotel just a few days before Zara Phillips' husband Mike Tindall was caught on CCTV kissing and hugging a blonde. The squad was based in Dunedin for three weeks.



Newton contacted a lawyer, saying the apology was not enough. Her lawyer set up a meeting with the team's management and it was agreed Newton would receive an apology card from the players.

Johnson didn't believe his players took their responsibilities lightly and believed the players involved had been shocked at the fallout from their misbehaviour.

"At the start of the tournament, we said to the guys you are at the World Cup now and anything will get more publicity than it would normally.

"It is not great and that is why I am angry with the players. I let them know that what they have done has left me sitting here now talking about this rather than talking about rugby."

England beat Scotland to qualify for the quarter-finals yesterday.

- Fairfax NZ