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Wallabies and Queensland Reds star Quade Cooper has reportedly been charged by police after he allegedly robbed a residence on the Gold Coast on Sunday morning.
Cooper was released from Southport watchhouse on Sunday afternoon, charged with one count of burglary.
A police media spokesman said a 21-year-old man had been charged with one count of burglary of a residence in Surfers Paradise.
He is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on December 11.
Cooper recently returned from a breakthrough Wallabies tour, where he played all four Tests in Australia’s Grand Slam quest.
A Queensland Rugby Union spokesman declined to comment as the matter was before the courts.
Asked if Cooper would be stood down, the QRU spokesman replied: “We’ve got to establish the full facts of the matter before we can decide what action if any action will be taken.”
UPDATE: Quade Cooper’s law firm has released a media statement. In it, they state:
“This firm has been retained to act on behalf of Quade Cooper in relation to the charge against him alleging that he committed an offence of burglary on the Gold Coast over the weekend.
Given that Quade has been charged and the matter is before the Court, we are limited in what we can say on Quade’s behalf about the cicrumstances giving rise to the alleged offence.
Similarly, as much as he would like to, Quade is unable to make any comments to the media about the circumstances.
However, we can say that the investigations that need to be undertaken in this matter are far from concluded and it would be unfair for anyone to pre-judge Quade or to speculate as to what in fact happened both prior to and at the time of the alleged offence. Quade, like everyone else, is entitled to have the circumstances fully investigated and, if the matter progresses to that point, entitled to a fair trial.”
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