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Two NSW footballers behind bars after being found guilty of rape

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Scone Thoroughbreds rugby league players Hayden Charles Topliss and Ryan Matthew Hawkshaw stood trial for a week in the Newcastle District Court. Both faced four counts of aggravated sexual intercourse in company.

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