A young National Rugby League player in Australia has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for assaulting a man.
Jamil Hopoate, 20, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company following an incident that occurred back in February this year.
The Manly Sea Eagles player and a group of friends punched and kicked Alexander Christie outside the Ivanhoe Hotel in the Northern Beaches area.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Downing Centre Local Court Magistrate Jane Mottley described the incident as a "savage and unprovoked" attack.
Hopoate's lawyers suggested in court that they will appeal the sentence.
