Australia Wallabies' Digby Ioane runs during a training session in Wellington October 7, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A warrant was issued for the arrest of Australia rugby international Digby Ioane on Monday, hours before the winger was ruled out of the rest of the British and Irish Lions series with a shoulder injury.
The warrant, issued after Ioane failed to appear in a Melbourne court on Monday to face an assault charge, provided an unwelcome distraction for the Wallabies who head into Saturday's all-important second test trailing 1-0 in the three-match series and rocked by a rash of injuries.
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