Healey faces more trouble over Henry slur

After courting a fair amount of controversy during the recent British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, Austin Healey is facing…

After courting a fair amount of controversy during the recent British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, Austin Healey is facing more trouble over comments made in his autobiography.

Wales are set to make a complaint after their coach Graham Henry - who also coached the Lions on the tour - was insulted by the English back in the book, according to today's Daily Express.

The book labelled Henry "the Kiwi Runt" and Wales are planning to write a letter of complaint to the Rugby Football Union and the Lions committee over the matter.

"Healey's comments were offensive and totally uncalled for," said Wales chairman Glanmor Griffiths. "We will write to the RFU and the Lions committee to show our concern and distress at his remarks.

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"I find the comments distasteful and I hope they wash over Graham (Henry). I would like to remind people that the Lions came within a whisper of winning in Sydney and I wonder what might have been said then," he added.

In the summer, Healey was fined Stg£2,000 by the Lions management for a ghosted newspaper column which attacked Australia lock Justin Harrison and his compatriots before the third test in Sydney.