An Argentine court on Tuesday dismissed rape charges against two French international rugby players accused of assaulting a woman after playing a match in the country in July.A 39-year-old woman, whom they met in a nightclub accused them of a vicious assault in a hotel room.

An Argentine court has dropped the charges of rape against France players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, a decision that the French Rugby Federation (FFR) has welcomed with “relief and satisfaction”.

The dropping of charges against Hugo Aurad and Oscar Jego draws a line under a dark period for France’s rugby community.

An Argentine court on Tuesday dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after playing a match in the country earlier this year.

The two France players who were accused of raping a woman in Argentina earlier this year have learned their fate.

Judges in Argentina on Tuesday cleared the France international rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou of raping a 39-year-old woman in a hotel room hours after appearing in the starting line-up for the first time in the senior team.

An Argentina court has dismissed aggravated rape charges against French international rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, the pair's lawyer said on Tuesday, drawing a line under a dark period for the European country's rugby community.

An Argentine court dismissed aggravated rape charges against French international rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou on Tuesday, drawing a line under a dark period for the European country's rugby community.