Hogg - who plays for French club Montpellier and was made an MBE for services to the sport in last year's new year honours list previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on 4 November.
The 32-year-old former Glasgow Warriors and Exeter Chiefs player admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements, and sending her messages that were alarming and distressing in nature. The court previously heard that the defendant berated Ms Hogg for "not being fun" after going on drinking binges with his colleagues, and once sent more than 200 text messages to her in the space of a few hours.
Sheriff Peter Paterson sentenced Hogg, who now lives abroad, to a community payback order with one year of supervision, and a second five-year non-harassment order, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court yesterday for sentencing. He told Hogg that the sentence is an "alternative to custody".
Hogg, wearing a dark jacket and tie, made no comment as he left the court accompanied by his parents. Police escorted him to a vehicle that pulled up to collect him as he walked past waiting media.
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