Scotland rugby star faces axe after abusing girlfriend for two years

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A Scottish rugby international subjected his partner to a harrowing two-year ordeal where he tried to control her movements, clothing, and whom she met with.Rufus McLean, who has three caps for his country, demanded passwords to the victim’s social media accounts and that she kept a ‘tracker’ service running on her phone.The 22-year-old winger left girlfriend Cara Haston, 21, with a burst lip and black eye after pushing her off him during one incident.When she posted photos of herself in clothes to go clubbing with pals in Spain, McLean messaged to call her a “sl*g” and demand she change.His rugby career with Glasgow Warriors now hangs in the balance as he faces the axe at a disciplinary hearing and a potential end to his sporting career.McLean, who was first called up to the Scotland squad in March 2021 for the Six Nations, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday for sentencing after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.The court heard previously in an agreed narrative how McLean and Cara were in an “on/off” relationship for four years and together “properly” for two years between April 2019 and May 2021.Cara described McLean, of Glasgow, as “emotionally abusive and controlling”.In the summer of 2019, the court was told she was on a Spanish holiday and McLean “took exception” to what she was wearing from a social media post.McLean messaged to say she looked like a ‘sl*g’ and told her to change, but Cara refused and went out.The court heard McLean started messaging Cara and her friends using derogatory language, telling her to leave the club.In January 2021 the couple were in McLean’s Glasgow flat when Cara woke him up to talk.