A professional rugby player has appeared in court accused of taking part in an attack on two men while he was in Devon shortly before Christmas.
Prop Nathan Hannay, who weighs 19 stone and stands 6'6'' tall, plays for Leeds Carnegie but comes from Devon and played for Honiton, Sidmouth, Launceston and Jersey before moving to Yorkshire.
Hannay, a former Honiton community college pupil, appeared at Exeter Crown Court where he pleaded not guilty to two joint charges of assault causing actual bodily harm.
Hannay, aged 29, of Horsfield, Leeds, is jointly accused with Aaron Spence of assaulting Dean Bullard and Dean Goddard in East Devon on December 20 last year.
Judge Phillip Wassall adjourned the case for trial and released Hannay on bail.
