McRae to apologise to O’Gara for assault

FORMER Wallaby Duncan McRae will finally apologise to Ireland’s Ronan O’Gara next month for the outrageous assault he inflicted on the Munster out-half during the Lions tour to Australia two years ago.

McRae, now with Munster’s Heineken Cup pool rivals Gloucester, was suspended for six weeks after a vicious attack on O’Gara during the Lions’ clash with the NSW Waratahs in Sydney in 2001.

“I am still embarrassed by what happened that night,” McRae admitted yesterday. “There was no excuse for what I did and deserved the punishment handed out to me. I said sorry at the time, but I have never met Ronan and if I do get to meet him next month I would like to apologise to him in person.”