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Lawyers offer to help attacker

THE rugby fan who attacked Irish referee David McHugh in Durban at the weekend has been offered free advice from South African lawyers and help to pay his bail.

Lawyers offer to help attacker

Tue, 13 Aug, 2002 - 01:00

Tony Leen

A South African Sunday newspaper was inundated with calls of support for Pieter van Zyl, the thick-set 43-year-old who dislocated McHugh's shoulder when he tackled him midway through the Tri-Nations test in Durban.

People called the paper offering to pay his 3000 rand ($667) bail.

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Courts Rugby International Place: Durban Place: New Zealand Place: Ellis Park Place: Johannesburg Place: Scotland Place: Galway Sportsground Place: High Wycombe Place: Thomond Park Place: Longford RC Person: David McHugh Person: Pieter van Zyl Person: McHugh Person: van Zyl Person: Rudolf Straeuli Person: Dave Person: South Africans Person: Breyton Paulse Person: Rian Oberholzer Person: Oberholzer Person: Paddy O'Brien Person: Eric Peters Person: Warwick Waugh Person: Steph Nel Person: Peters Person: Nel Person: Warren Gatland Person: Ross Beattie Person: Beattie Person: Phil Christophers Person: Martin Shaw Person: Gareth Archer Person: Andrew Sheridan Person: D. Crotty Person: J. Lacey Person: J. Holland Person: J. Staunton Person: Prendergast Person: P. Brennan Person: J. Blaney Person: R. Laffen Person: D. O'Callaghan Person: P. Malone Person: J. Williams Person: Bristol Person: L. Best Person: P. Christophers Person: T. Luke Person: M.Person: B. Daniel Person: S. Drahm Person: M. Lipman Person: C. Morgan Person: G. Archer Person: A. Sheridan Person: E. Bergamaschi Person: N. McCarthy Person: D. Crompton Event: Tri-Nations Test Event: Springboks-Wallabies Tri-Nations Event: test Organisation: Springbok Organisation: International Rugby Board Organisation: South Africa Organisation: All Blacks Organisation: SA Rugby Organisation: Connacht Organisation: Bristol Shoguns Organisation: Munster Organisation: Bristol Shoguns'Organisation: Shoguns Organisation: Bristol Organisation: Leinster

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