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Rugby star denies assaulting doorman

Great Britain rugby league international Gareth Raynor is due to go on trial accused of assaulting a doorman at a lap-dance club.

The 30-year-old Hull FC winger is alleged to have gouged the eye of bouncer Sallah Jeng at the Wildcats Club in Blackpool, Lancashire, on December 1 last year.

Raynor, of Brough, near Hull, denies racially aggravated assault.

The trial will take place at Preston Crown Court.

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