O'Gara was 'choked' - O'Sullivan

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan claimed a Scottish player deliberately choked fly-half Ronan O’Gara in today’s 19-18 RBS 6 Nations victory at Murrayfield.

O’Sullivan revealed O’Gara needed treatment from Ireland’s team doctor after losing consciousness during the incident which took place shortly before the final whistle.

He said: “There was an incident on the ground when someone tried to choke O’Gara.

“Someone had their arm around his neck, cut off his air supply and he went blue. I’d rather not say who it was.

“I believe it was deliberate, putting your hand around someone’s neck and trying to choke them is hard to do by accident.

“I didn’t see it because I’m sat in the stands like everyone else and he was at the bottom of a ruck with people on top of him.

“When the ruck broke up Ronan had gone blue and was losing consciousness.

“The doctor came on, checked his air supply was clear and he started breathing again. It’s an unfortunate incident but it happened.”