Former All Black halfback Byron Kelleher has been detained by French police after being involved in a fight in southwestern Toulouse.
The car he was driving collided into an other vehicle in the early hours of Friday.
A fight then broke out on the pavement, police intervened and took Kelleher into custody.
The 32-year-old, who has played for Toulouse since 2007, won 57 caps for the All Blacks.