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02nd Nov 2015

Dublin hurler assaulted in the UK, is hospitalised with broken jaw

Ryan O'Dwyer was the victim of an unprovoked attack

Tony Cuddihy

Dublin hurler Ryan O’Dwyer has been hospitalised following a one-punch assault in England late last week.

The 29-year-old centre forward from Kilmacud Crokes was in the UK with the intention of watching this weekend’s Rugby World Cup final when he was the victim of a completely unprovoked attack.

“It wasn’t a prolonged incident. I think it was one punch and he fell over and hit the ground,” a source told the Irish Independent.

“They are monitoring him, but they are hoping that he will be fine. He’s making progress.”

O’Dwyer, a secondary school teacher originally from Tipperary, is believed to have suffered a broken jaw.