Rugby Union - All Blacks Press Conference - Sydney, Australia - August 17, 2017 New Zealand All Blacks rugby union coach Steve Hansen speaks before the first Bledisloe Cup game against Australia's Wallabies. REUTERS/Jason Reed
SYDNEY (Reuters) - All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has brushed off allegations in the Australian media that scrumhalf Aaron Smith had misled team management over a toilet tryst with a woman last year.
Smith was suspended for one test, voluntarily stood down for another and received an official warning from New Zealand Rugby last October following revelations of the liaison in a disabled toilet at Christchurch Airport.
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