Umaga's Not to Blame for O'driscoll Injury ; Rfu's Probyn Launches Fierce Defence of All Blacks Skipper

Mail on Sunday (November 13, 2005)

Author: Bill Day

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JEFF PROBYN, the former England prop who sits on the RFU's disciplinary panel, last night attacked the Lions and captain Brian O'Driscoll over the infamous Tana Umaga spear tackle controversy.

Probyn claimed that All Blacks captain Umaga is the victim of a miscarriage of justice for a scandal that overshadowed last summer's Lions tour and continues to haunt New Zealand's visit here.

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Umaga's Not to Blame for O'driscoll Injury ; Rfu's Probyn Launches Fierce Defence of All Blacks Skipper

Probyn, whose trained eye for spotting infringements is highly respected by the RFU, insisted that Irish centre O'Driscoll was not the victim of a spear tackle in the first Test and that Umaga and Keven Mealamu, his al...

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