Six rugby players held in connection with rape claim

Six rugby league players on a pre-season tour have been arrested in the UK in connection with a rape investigation.

Wed, 20 Jan, 2010 - 12:28

Six rugby league players on a pre-season tour have been arrested in the UK in connection with a rape investigation.

The players from Huddersfield Giants Super League squad were being questioned by police in Newcastle upon Tyne in England after a 22-year-old woman claimed that she was raped early yesterday.

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: UK Place: Newcastle upon Tyne Place: England Place: Gosforth Marriott Hotel Place: Newcastle Place: Gosforth, Newcastle Person: Richard Thewlis Organisation: Huddersfield Giants Super League Organisation: Northumbria Police

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