Australian rugby international Lopeti Timani, who plays for French team La Rochelle, is due in court on charges stemming from an incident when he threw a bottle at a nightclub bouncer. The hearing is scheduled for June 8 in La Rochelle. "Lopeti Timani is being prosecuted for violence with a weapon for throwing a bottle into the faces of bouncers, who are themselves being prosecuted for organised violence," deputy public prosecutor Clement Incerti told AFP. Timani, a Tongan-born back-row forward, has played 12 times for Australia. According to reports in the regional press, last May he threw the bottle at two bouncers. One suffered a face wound that forced him to miss at least eight days' work. The bouncers then reportedly retaliated together, without causing Timani any serious injuries. olg-pjl/bpe/pb/jc