Mauger insists O'Driscoll incident was accidental

All Blacks centre Aaron Mauger tonight described the sickening incident which ended Brian O’Driscoll’s Lions tour as “a pure accident.”

All Blacks centre Aaron Mauger tonight described the sickening incident which ended Brian O’Driscoll’s Lions tour as “a pure accident.”

Lions players and management are still fuming about the double spear-tackle by All Blacks skipper Tana Umaga and hooker Keven Mealamu which put O’Driscoll in hospital with a dislocated shoulder.

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