The French rugby team held a final training run on Friday on the eve of its one-off test against Australia, just hours after one of its star young players admitted lying to New Zealand authorities over an alleged assault.
In a statement issued in France by his Stade Francais club, 20-year-old center Matthieu Bastareaud said he lied to Wellington police last Sunday when he said four or five men had attacked him after returning home late from a bar.
"I have to return to the events in New Zealand," Bastareaud said. "I owe the truth to everybody. On Saturday evening, I went back to the hotel after drinking too much. I fell in my room, I hit a …
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