Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan is still refusing to name the Scottish player he alleges tried to choke Ronan O'Gara during the closing moments of yesterday's Six Nations win at Murrayfield.
O'Gara lost consciousness as a result of the incident at the bottom of the ruck in Ireland's 19-18 win which clinched the Triple Crown. At the post-match press conference O'Sullivan claimed O'Gara had been deliberately assaulted but would not name names.
Despite chatting with his opposite number, Frank Hadden, at the post-match dinner, O'Sullivan has refused to change his stance.
Asked if he was prepared to identify the player, O'Sullivan said: "You should go along to the Scottish hotel and ask them - it's a simple solution. I spoke to Frank Hadden last night but it never came up in discussion. These things are never for discussion at social events.
"If you look at the front of the papers, something did happen. There is evidence that something happened. If nothing happened then maybe the person involved in the incident could come forward and explain what happened and we'd all be wiser, rather than me making accusations that everyone knows I can't substantiate.
"Maybe we're all wrong here, maybe it was a complete and utter accident, or he had nothing to do with anything, Ronan has the least amount of information - he went out like a light. If you look at the video he was kicking out, actually, and he was going blue.
"John Hayes spotted him immediately and put him into the recovery position. It's a very unfortunate incident and it's a pity it is overshadowing the game.
"It was a nasty enough incident - he could have died."
Asked why nobody seemed to come to O'Gara's aid, despite O'Sullivan's insistence that several players saw the incident, the Irish coach was bullish.
"So you're proposing that the Irish welly into the Scottish and punch somebody, when there's a guy on the ground not breathing?" he added. "You want to save the guy on the ground. It was over, Ronan was out on the ground when the guys realised what was wrong."
Despite the incident, O'Sullivan revealed his side had suffered no major injuries.
He said: "Brian O'Driscoll fell awkwardly on the shoulder that he had reconstructed, so it was quite sore last night, but these things can settle down in a day or two.
"Girvan Dempsey picked up a broken nose in the first half in a tackle, so I suppose his modelling career is over now. You had two very tired sides last night and we've got a lot bumps and bruises.
"This is the last week of the championship and ideally we'd like to go out tomorrow and start working towards Italy, but it could be counter-productive in terms of keeping the energy."
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