A former Sydney rugby league player is behind bars after an alleged violent spree, accused of trying to kidnap a woman, and attacking a man with a bar stool, knocking out his tooth.

Dean McGlinchey, 26, approached the woman while she was walking near Burwood railway station about 10.15am last Sunday and began talking to her, police said.

When she tried to step around him, he allegedly grabbed her and dragged her across the road.

Mr McGlinchey is then accused of punching her in the face - breaking her glasses - before shoving her in the back of a car.