Rugby league legend Hazem El-Masri has been charged with serious domestic violence offences, following an incident at his western Sydney home.
The former Bulldogs star was charged on Monday night with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.
"They relate to an incident at his home at about 7.30pm yesterday allegedly involving his 25 year-old wife," a police spokeswoman said.
El-Masri, 39, was granted conditional bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on Thursday.
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Is his wife 25? I thought she would be much younger than that.
He does like older women but then again they have been married for 15 years.
lol
Did she fry up a couple of snags on the barbie and have a beer.
He divorced his long-term wife last year.