O’Connell keen to make amends in Castres rematch

PULLING off try-saving tackles should hardly be the responsibility of a second row forward.

More often than not, they have more pressing matters to deal with. However, Paul O’Connell believes he was “the main culprit” in the move started by scrum-half Alexandre Albouy that led to David Bory’s all-important try for Castres against Munster on Friday night.

Typical of the man, O’Connell ignored the fact that others were exposed more cruelly and insisted: “I hold my hands up. That can’t happen again. He (Albouy) ran at me and threw a dummy. It would have been the easiest tackle in the world if I hadn’t taken the dummy. It may have been a lapse in concentration. It’s a mistake I’m not supposed to make as an international and I made it and essentially it cost us the game.