WOMEN’S REFUGE HAS slammed the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Hurricanes for ‘a cop-out’ over not immediately disciplining All Black winger Julian Savea after he was charged with the domestic assault of his partner.
The rugby player, who scored a hat-trick of tries on his Test match debut against Ireland last June, appeared in a Wellington court earlier today [NZ time] to answer to the charges of an assault that allegedly took place last Sunday.
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Savea read out a statement to the assembled media after his court appearance and stopped several times to wipe away tears.
He said, “To my partner and family, I want to say I’m sorry. To hurt someone that you love and care so much for … I know it’s hurting them and it’s definitely hurting me, so I apologise to them.” Savea added:
I’m not making excuses for myself. I know what I did was wrong, and I’m taking steps to make sure this will never happen again.”
Hurricanes CEO James Te Puni commented, “Obviously, we are disappointed to have this situation emerge, but we must now let the judicial process run its course. The key thing for us is to support the families as they work through what is a very difficult time.”
NZRU chief executive Steve Tew said, “Without judging the rights or wrongs of this case, we are concerned that this is another incident involving a young player. We need to find out whether we are doing enough to help these young men cope with the pressures of the professional game.”
The responses of the union and the Super Rugby franchise, married to the fact that Savea started on the wing for the Hurricanes on Friday [five days after the alleged incident], drew a stinging response from Women’s Refuge.
Heather Henare, chief executive of the support group, told TV3 NZ, “I think it’s a cop-out and that they needed to take a more responsible position and send a really clear message that this behaviour is not going to be tolerated.”
Savea [22] has scored 12 tries in nine Test match outings for the All Blacks. He recently featured in New Zealand’s “It’s Not OK” campaign against family violence.
@Paddy: limerick favourites? You mad? A munster final and all ireland semi (even though I think there’s more in this side) I’d be happy with for this year
I was at the game. Limerick were very poor for long periods in the game. The team still appear to be preoccupied with possession hurling from the back( think man city). Offaly got great success from pressing hard in limerick halfback line and midfield area. Limerick weren’t clever enough to recognise this and see the space behind that press and were regularly turned over. The turning points were a missed penalty, soft sending off and 5 pointable frees by iffy.
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I know it is February, I know it is the league, I know it is Offaly
@Fergus McGrath: diff
@Fergus McGrath: different tears in Michael Duignan’s eyes this evening
Limerick surely favourites for Liam this year by the looks of things!
@Paddy: you MUST be a hurling genius
@conor murphy: By god I am, having listened to many a Limerick fan over the years, they have me NEARLY brainwashed
@Paddy: limerick favourites? You mad? A munster final and all ireland semi (even though I think there’s more in this side) I’d be happy with for this year
@David Dooley: Excuse me for not making my sarcasm more clear.
@David Dooley: That would be an amazing season for Limerick, I can’t see it happening though..
I was at the game. Limerick were very poor for long periods in the game. The team still appear to be preoccupied with possession hurling from the back( think man city). Offaly got great success from pressing hard in limerick halfback line and midfield area. Limerick weren’t clever enough to recognise this and see the space behind that press and were regularly turned over. The turning points were a missed penalty, soft sending off and 5 pointable frees by iffy.