O’Kelly’s Lions tour exit is ‘gut wrenching’

EDDIE O’SULLIVAN has described the premature end to Malcolm O’Kelly’s British & Irish Lions tour as “gut-wrenching.”

It was, perhaps, an unfortunate phrase to employ, given that the injury the Leinster and Ireland lock had suffered was in the lower abdominal region, but his national coach was nonetheless heartfelt in expressing his sympathy.

O’Sullivan was speaking in Rotorua yesterday as part of the coaching team which prepared this morning’s Lions side for their opening tour game against Bay Of Plenty.