A WALES rugby star is spending the night in an Australian jail after punching
a man in a bar fight.
Prop Craig Mitchell, 27, was Down Under watching the British and Irish Lions
when he got involved in a dust up in a Brisbane pub.
He was celebrating the Lions’ first test win over the Aussies when rival fans
clashed.
And a court heard that 18stone Mitchell hospitalised victim Cian Barry with
one punch.
According to The Australian newspaper, Mr Barry needed multiple stitches to
his face just below his left eye and suffered blurred vision.
The forward, who plays club rugby for Exeter Chiefs, pleaded guilty to one
count of aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm.
He was ordered to pay compensation to his victim – but his bail was revoked
because he said he was not sure how he could raise the money at short
notice.
Magistrate Anne Thacker said: “Gratuitous violence in these sorts of
situations while people are drinking and celebrating rugby matches is not
acceptable,” she said.
“In Queensland, in Australia at the moment, we have a particular problem
with drunken violence at rugby matches and surrounding rugby matches.”
He is due in Brisbane Magistrates’ Court again on Friday.
Mitchell, who formerly played for the Ospreys, has been capped by Wales 15
times.
The front rower is in Australia as a fan, having been in the Welsh squad for
the team’s tour of Japan earlier this month.
Article source: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/406219/Corbisiero-handed-Lions-debut
Welsh rugby star"s night in jail for punching reveller
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