Manu Tuilagi will make his anticipated England return on Saturday after being named on the bench for the RBS 6 Nations title showdown with Wales.

Tuilagi will be hoping to make a positive impression after 21 months in international exile due to injury as well as being suspended by England for last year’s World Cup after pleading guilty to assaulting two female police officers during a night out.

That was one of a series of controversies the 24-year-old Leicester centre has been involved in during his career and here are some of the others.

1. Wins fight against deportation – June 2010

Tuiliagi was on the verge of being deported to his native Samoa in 2010 before the Home Office made a U-turn and allowed him to stay. The then 19-year-old had originally entered the country on a holiday visa six years earlier and had stayed on illegally. At the time, Tuilagi was a rising star in Leicester’s academy and was expected to be handed a professional contract. After the successful appeal he was granted indefinite leave to remain.

2. Banned from Aviva Premiership final – May 2011

He was forced to miss the 2011 Premiership final against Saracens after he was given a five-week ban for punching Northampton’s Chris Ashton. Tuilagi had originally been banned for 10 weeks but that was reduced in light of a push by Ashton.

3. Sanctioned for wearing a sponsored mouthguard – October 2011

Tuilagi was fined £4,800 by World Rugby for wearing a sponsored mouthguard during the group win over Georgia. He also wore the gumshield in the victory against Argentina and the Rugby Football Union described the breach as a “genuine error”.

4. Detained by New Zealand police after ferry jump – October 2011

England’s 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand was a miserable affair which was blighted by off-field controversy, which Tuilagi contributed to. In the aftermath of England’s quarter-final defeat against France, Tuilagi was detained by New Zealand police and fined £3,000 by England rugby officials for jumping into Auckland harbour from a ferry.

5. Bunny ears – September 2013

In September 2013, Tuilagi issued an apology to Prime Minister David Cameron after he made a ‘bunny ears’ sign behind his back during a photograph taken outside 10 Downing Street. The successful British and Irish Lions squad that toured Australia, where Tuilagi played in the third Test, made an official visit, but the Leicester centre again hit the headlines for all of the wrong reasons.

6. Found guilty of assault – May 2015

Tuilagi pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a police officer, resulting in his removal from consideration for England selection until January 2016 – a period that included the World Cup – although his long-term groin injury rendered the suspension irrelevant.

Tuilagi was fined £5,500 and ordered to pay £705 in costs when he appeared before magistrates in Leicester. The incident took place during a night out in Leicester city centre on April 26 and the player pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating, one count of criminal damage and two counts of assaulting a police officer.