Aaron Smith sex scandal erupts again - was ABs management misled?

The Aaron Smith sex scandal has again erupted, this time on the eve of the Bledisloe Cup test against the Wallabies.

The Daily Mail Australia last night published a series of messages it claimed were sent between Smith and the woman.

Smith was caught apparently having sex in a disabled toilet at Christchurch Airport last year as the New Zealand side prepared to depart for South Africa.

At the time, Smith downplayed the incident, saying it was a one-off, but apparent Facebook messages have been published that appear to show there is more to the story - and suggest that officials weren't given the whole truth.
NZ Rugby and Smith's manager have been contacted for comment.

The woman involved in the incident has also spoken about the incident. In an interview scheduled to air on TVNZ's Seven Sharp tonight, the woman will reportedly explain why she's taken legal action over alleged defamation.

"The way they had portrayed me was being as an absolute 'ho', a woman that had targeted this guy at the airport and forced myself on him and I'd acted in such a way that they didn't even want their players around me anymore," she said in a clip aired by 1News this morning.

The messages were published after the woman involved approached Daily Mail Australia, apparently after growing frustrated that the true story regarding the airport incident had not been revealed, news.com.au reports.

Smith was suspended when the affair came to light, being sent home from South Africa after issuing a tearful apology.

The halfback was this morning named as at a starter against the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday, the same city in which a bug was found at the All Blacks' hotel before a clash last year.