French rugby players cleared of sexual assault in Argentina

French rugby players Oscar Jegou, right, and Hugo Auradou, centre, in Buenos Aires in September after prosecutors decided to let the player leave the country (Gustavo Garello/AP)

An Argentine court on Tuesday dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after playing a match in the country earlier this year.

The judge in Mendoza, some 1,000km (620 miles) west of the capital, Buenos Aires, dismissed the case against the 21-year-old athletes, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, citing insufficient evidence.