If he thinks he has gotten away from Raro without a charge, he should remember he was still under NZ laws and charges may still come a calling..

Folk go to the Cook’s for a relaxing holiday, not to get embroiled in the outfall of his lack of character.

“In all honesty, I’m not going to go over there if there’s any personal threat or I have concerns about my safety because, in the end, it’s a job. I know that and also it’s just a sport so I’m not going to put myself at risk.”

Lawrence said he had thought about his performance in the quarter-final every day since the match and accepts he made errors.

“My quarter-final performance created a lot of negative reaction in South Africa, pretty hostile, very personal, very harsh,” he said. “Also, on the flipside of that, I got a lot of really strong positive support from rugby people in New Zealand and around the world who probably know me a little bit more than the people in South Africa and were feeling for me during that time.

“… I was disappointed with some aspects in my own performance that day after refereeing four really pretty strong games in pool play. I’m not blaming anyone for the quarter-final refereeing display apart from myself. I didn’t referee as well as I could.”

Lawrence said he recognised he would be punished for his performance.

“Look, there has been some pretty clear consequences from my quarter-final display,” he said. “I’m not going to be refereeing Six Nations next year.
“They can say that means I’m rested but, in reality, I accept that one of the consequences of my performance is that I’m not going to be doing Six Nations.”

Why does he keep “thinking” about his performance every day since the game? Guilty conscience perhaps.

The 45-year-old is charged with assault on a female, common assault, resisting police, possessing cannabis and possessing drug utensils.

His name has been suppressed, the Stuff website reported.

The man is likely to ask for police diversion, Judge Bruce Davidson was told.
Diversion allows charges to be withdrawn if offenders fulfil certain conditions.”

It seems that drinking/drugs, wife beating and being a thug have been part of the AB “culture” for a long time – Zac just following the example of those who went before him?

Yup, you got it bro. In the past 12 months, John Mitchell gets stabbed in his home, Bees Roux beats a policeman to death, is convicted of culpable homicide but doesnt even go to prison and now Solly is murdered whilst trying to enjoy a quiet bear at a local tavern……. yet the self-deluded Bokke fanboys want to write disparaging comments about NZ as if their $hit dont stink. Sheeesh, Zacs an idiot, but a drunk and lewd rugby boofhead is always preferable to a stabbed, murdered or cop killing rugby player/coach.

Go f uk some sheep or something you one eye piece of sheepturd. Take a good look at your ownback yard and it ain’t clean.

*** starved drunen louts honing in on inocent ladies out for a run, probably also on P or roids………….

Is the after glow a reflection on the loss you made or the drunks who were born?

@Atreides(Atreides)-108: Jeez you crazy to dive of there, jumping was scarey enough, but when you have guys daring you and saying you a ninny

@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-109: its seems i am not a ninny after all, considering the weaker s*x needs booze to do it