By Luke Phillips
July 1st 2009 @ 1:01am


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Springboks sorry for eye-gouging comment

South African rugby officials apologised for comments after the Springboks win over the British and Irish Lions that gave the impression that they condoned eye gouging.
Springbok enforcer Schalk Burger was earlier banned for eight weeks for gouging Lions winger Luke Fitzgerald in his country’s dramatic second Test 28-25 victory on Saturday that sealed a series [...]

 

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