Australian Rugby Union and Di Patston settle text affair claim out of court

Mutual agreement reached in wake of texting scandalARU expresses regret over affair and considers matter closedA line has been drawn under the ugly affair which blighted Australian rugby at the back end of 2014 with the ARU confirming a claim made against it by former Wallabies team manager Di Patston has been settled out of court. Patston was at the centre of the texting scandal involving Kurtley Beale that emerged late last year. It ended with her resignation from the international set-up amid claims she felt “bullied” into silence after being sent an offensive image in June by the Australia…