Henry sorry for O’Driscoll but happy to move on

NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry is satisfied the fall-out from the incident involving Lions captain Brian O’Driscoll and his opposite number Tana Umaga has not had a negative effect on his team in the build-up to the second Test in Wellington on Saturday.

Lions coach Clive Woodward has made clear his unhappiness that Umaga and hooker Keven Mealamu were not cited after up-ending the Lions centre in an off-the-ball incident which resulted in the Irishman dislocating his shoulder and being forced out of the tour.

However, Henry believes the All Blacks have managed to avoid getting embroiled too deeply in the issues being played out in the media and have instead remained focused on the second Test which could see them win the series if they are successful on Saturday.