Latrell Mitchell and Jack Wighton will aim to put an eventful weekend behind them when they are formally greeted to New Zealand and put through their paces in All Stars training for the first time.
The Indigenous duo were arrested in Canberra in the early hours of Sunday morning after Wighton’s 30th birthday celebrations turned into a skirmish between the pair.
Mitchell, 25, was charged with resisting a public official, fighting in a public place and failing to comply with an exclusion direction, while Wighton was charged with fighting in a public place and failing to comply with an exclusion direction.
The NRL integrity unit is only expected to hand down sanctions once court proceedings have been finalised, with the pair set to front a magistrate court later this month.
Their actions won’t rule them out of this Saturday’s game for the Indigenous side in Rotorua, who will play in the All Stars’ first fixture on Kiwi soil.
Mitchell and Wighton are two of the biggest name’s still standing in the pre-season All Star event which has lost some considerable shine with the withdrawals of Joey Manu, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Josh Addo-Carr.
The pair arrived in New Zealand on Monday evening but declined to comment after earlier expressing their remorse for the skirmish.
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