Chris Dawson to face trial over allegations he had sexual relationship with high school student

Former Newtown Jets rugby league player was a sports teacher at public high school in Sydney’s Northern Beaches in the 1980s

Former Sydney school teacher Chris Dawson will face a trial over allegations he had a sexual relationship with one of his teenage students in the 1980s.

Dawson, 74, has been charged with one count of carnal knowledge of a girl between the ages of 10 and 17 by a teacher.