Scotland rugby star Max Evans in court over glassing incident

SCOTTISH Rugby International Maxwell Evans has appeared in court accused of glassing a man in the face.

• Max Evans

Evans, 26, who wore stone-coloured chinos and a tweed sports jacket but no tie when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today, was said to have assaulted Alisdair McCaig by striking him in the face with a glass to his injury.

The incident was said to have happened at Edinburgh's upmarket nightspot Lulu on George Street on Sunday, August 1. Evans faced a second charge under the Criminal Law Consolidation Act which alleged he had a glass in a public place.

His lawyer James Kelly said Evans, who earned his first cap for Scotland against Canada in 2008 and also plays for Glasgow Warriors, pled not guilty to the charge.

Younger brother Thom Evans, 25, who was also a Scotland player, was forced to retire from rugby earlier this year due to a serious spinal injury. Max was also playing when Tom clashed with Wales' Lee Byrne in Cardiff. The pair featured in raunchy 2010 calendar Dieux du Stade. The brothers' cousin is DJ Chris Evans, 44.

Sheriff Celia Sanderson granted Evans, of Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow, bail following the brief appearance on the conditions he does not go to Lulu Nightclub or approach or attempt to contact Mr McCaig.

Evans will have to return to court in January.

He left court without comment.