France duo nabbed for alleged sexual assault

French rugby has made meer skandes on their current tour of South America as two of their players were arrested for sexual assault ahead of tonight’s 7pm first Test match against Uruguay in Montevideo.

Lock Hugo Auradou, 20, and 21-year-old flanker Oscar Jegou, who featured in France’s 28-13 Test victory over Argentina on Saturday, were detained in Buenos Aires and will be taken to Mendoza where the crime allegedly took place.

According to local media reports, the alleged attack took place at the team hotel in Mendoza.

French Rugby Federation president Florian Grill says: “If the facts are proven, they are incredibly serious. You must spare a thought for the young woman.

“It’s the opposite of everything that rugby is, of everything that rugby does, of everything that rugby builds… “

The news comes shortly after fullback Melvyn Jaminet was suspended on Monday and sent home because of racism.

The 25-year-old said in a video clip on social media: “The first Arab I come across, I’ll throw him a headbutt.”

France face Argentina in the second Test this weekend.