A former Welsh rugby player with a sporting icon of a father has gone bankrupt over a £50,000 bill for pheasants according to reports.
Ex-Cardiff RFC wing Liam Botham, son of cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham, runs two shooting estates on the north-west coast of Scotland and Lincolnshire.
But the Daily Mail report the 41-year-old, who spent three seasons at the Arms Park, joining the Blue & Blacks from West Hartlepool in 1997, has been declared bankrupt over an unpaid bill for the game birds.
Botham Jnr was capped by England Under-21s and left Welsh rugby in 2000 spending three seasons with Newcastle Falcons and another year at Leeds Tykes.
He then moved to rugby league for two seasons having spells with Bradford Bulls, Leeds Rhinos, London Broncos and Wigan Warriors.
But the former Hampshire county cricketer is still a regular visitor to Cardiff with dad Ian as his son, Jim, who in March this year signed his first senior contract with the Blues.
The newspaper report a county court judgment was secured against Liam Botham for the unpaid bill for the pheasants, leading to his bankruptcy.
Botham, was quoted as saying: "I am devastated about this.
"I did try to pay the debt, I did not want to be made bankrupt and have instructed an insolvency specialist to help me to pay everyone in full."
