Toulon boss says O'Connor to be suspended for cocaine bust


  • Rugby
  • Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

Australian Wallabies player James O'Connor plays with a rugby ball during a recovery session at Coogee beach in Sydney July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA)

(Reuters) - Former Wallaby James O'Connor will be suspended by Toulon and may not have his contract extended following his detention by Paris police for an alleged attempt to buy cocaine, the French club's president Mourad Boudjellal has said.

The 26-year-old utility back, capped 44 times for Australia, and former All Blacks lock Ali Williams were charged for attempting to buy three vials of cocaine from drug dealers on Saturday, a judicial source told Reuters.

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