Cullen: Only Burger knows the truth in eye-gouging furore

LEINSTER captain Leo Cullen has refused to join the mass condemnation of South Africa’s Schalk Burger following the eye-gouging incident involving Luke Fitzgerald that earned the flanker an eight-week suspension.

Cullen was the victim of a similar offence that cost Alan Quinlan his place on the Lions tour but says that when it comes to that battle for physical supremacy between two packs, only the player himself can testify to his intentions.

Speaking at the official opening of a McDonald’s branch in Maynooth, Cullen attributed the comments of Springboks coach Peter de Villiers defending Burger’s actions to inexperience.