Citing officer had right to take no action - IRB

The International Rugby Board today confirmed that independent citing officer Willem Venter had every right not to take action against All Blacks pair Keven Mealamu and Tana Umaga for the spear tackle that left Brian O'Driscoll with a dislocated shoulder.

Sir Clive Woodward was furious at Venter's decision to dismiss his official complaint regarding the ugly incident which forced O'Driscoll to be stretchered off less than 90 seconds into the first Test.