Scandal hits rugby star

18 October 2016 - 09:53 By Reuters

All Blacks No9 Aaron Smith yesterday "voluntarily" stood down from Saturday's final Bledisloe Cup match against Australia and received an official warning from New Zealand Rugby as fallout from his airport toilet tryst continued. Smith was suspended for the Rugby Championship final match against South Africa a week ago and he flew home following shameful revelations of a liaison with a woman in a disabled toilet at Christchurch airport last month.The 27-year-old, who tearily apologised to his partner and teammates after the scandal sparked a media storm in rugby-mad New Zealand, faced a two-hour disciplinary hearing yesterday. ..

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