Present in Wales to play a match with the Barbarians on November 4, Api Ratuniyarawa was accused of a series of sexual assaults on three women in a nightclub in the center of Cardiff, on the night of October 31 as of November 1st. More than a month after the events, the Fijian international pleaded guilty to two counts, one of “assault by penetration” and the other of sexual assault. However, he pleaded not guilty to two other counts of sexual assault concerning one of the three women, which was accepted by the prosecution.
The Fijian second row, 37 years old, notably spent with Agen (2013-2016), Northampton (2017-2022) or Aviron Bayonnais, for whom he played a Top 14 match on August 26 as a Cup joker of the world, before being summoned by his selection for the World Cup, to compensate for a withdrawal, but without playing there, was released on bail but the judge placed him on the register of sex offenders until the pronouncement of sentencing on January 9. He must report to Northampton police every day and is banned from going to Wales.
