Old foe delighted O’Connell’s off hook

Clermont Auvergne second row Jamie Cudmore says “for the good of the game, it’d be too bad” if his old adversary, Munster’s Paul O’Connell, had been banned for their upcoming Heineken Cup clash.

O’Connell escaped disciplinary action for allegedly kicking Leinster’s Dave Kearney in the head in a recent RaboDirect game, and earlier this week both Leinster coach Joe Schmidt and captain Leo Cullen were critical of the decision not to cite the Munster second row.

Cudmore, who was sent off in Thomond Park after brawling with O’Connell during a 2008 Heineken Cup game, tweeted about the incident on April 15: “How long for a kick in the head these days ?!”