Man, 20, pleads guilty to assaulting former Ireland cricketer Jesse Ryder
Ryder was put into an induced coma following the assault outside a Christchurch bar earlier this year.
Ryder was put into an induced coma following the assault outside a Christchurch bar earlier this year.
The New Zealand native was hurt in a fight in Christchurch last week.
Ryder was attacked outside a Christchurch bar and spent over two days in a medically-induced coma in intensive care.
The 28-year-old suffered serious head and lung injuries after being set upon in New Zealand last week.
He issued a statement to the public on Sunday, thanking them for their support.
Ryder, who represented Ireland as an ‘overseas’ player in 2007, was attacked by a group of ‘two or three’ men.
Ryder, who represented Ireland in 2007, remains in intensive care following the attack in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The Kiwi all-rounder played for the Irish cricket team in 2007.
Looks like there will be no peaceful retirement for the affable boxing novice.