All Blacks flanker Shannon Frizell faces assault charges
July 26, 2021 GMT
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand rugby backrower Shannon Frizell will appear in court on Tuesday to face two charges of assault. Police laid the charges against the 27-year-old Frizell over an alleged assault on a woman in a Dunedin bar in May. Frizell will appear in the District Court at Dunedin to answer charges of assaulting a female and common assault.
The 15-test All Blacks player has not commented on the charges.
Frizell is a member of the All Blacks squad which is preparing to play Australia in a Bledisloe Cup test match in Auckland on Aug. 7.
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