Jonny Books Place Adding to Bad News for All Blacks

Evening Standard - London › May 09, 2005

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THE ALL BLACKS chances of beating the British and Irish Lions in this summer's test series received a double blow last night when England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson was added to the tour party and Crusaders locks Norm Maxwell was arrested for allegedly assaulting a bouncer and threatening bar staff in central Dunedin.

Maxwell, currently sidelined by a broken finger, was expected to lock the All Blacks scrum with Chris Jack against the Lions in the three tests series but if the charges are proved he faces a possible prison term.

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Jonny Books Place Adding to Bad News for All Blacks

As New Zealand rugby came to terms with its latest off the field incident, they discovered that Wilkinson had played w...

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