Umaga and O’Driscoll shake hands after Nice meeting

1,518 days since THAT tackle, Tana Umaga and Brian O’Driscoll shook hands for the first time yesterday.

Some 50 months ago, Umaga and Keven Mealamu ended the Dubliner’s 2005 Lions Tour in controversial fashion after 60 seconds of the first test at the Jade Stadium, Christchurch.

Their meeting came not as some UN-patrolled safe zone but at a training ground at Nice Rugby Club on the Mediterranean where the Heineken Cup champions continue their pre-season preparations.