Spear-tackle decision due today

A DECISION on whether or not Ma’a Nonu will be punished for a spear-tackle on Gordon D’Arcy will be made this afternoon.

Scottish based Citing Commissioner Douglas Hunter had 48 hours to investigate complaints or to carry out his own investigations in the absence of complaints from either team.

Irish coach Eddie O’Sullivan made no official complaint but said spear tackles had no place in the game and suggested the problem had to be addressed. His New Zealand counterpart Graham Henry agreed and referred to the incident by saying: “I’m disappointed it happened. We don’t want to see things like this and the player concerned has been spoken to.”