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All Black accused of assault in fight video

The 35-year-old La Rochelle lock and compatriot Romana Graham, a 31-year-old second row who left the French club at the end of last season, were involved in a late-night fight outside a club in the town last week.

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"A video is being studied and will be used to discern the facts from the fiction, because it seems that everyone involved was drunk," said a police source.

Eaton, who won 15 All Blacks caps between 2005 and 2009, is one of La Rochelle's star players.

He helped the unfashionable outfit top the regular 2016/17 standings and reach the Top 14 semifinals last season.

It is the second violent incident involving top-flight French rugby players during the off-season.

Stade Francais' Fiji pair Josaia Raisuqe and Waisea Nayacalevu face trial over an alleged sexual assault and drunken violence last month.

Raisuqe, who is accused of having touched a woman's breasts, was fired by the Parisian club while Waisea has been warned and docked a pay bonus.

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