All Blacks face media barrage in UK

Graham Henry

The All Blacks have arrived in the UK to a barrage of questions over the controversial Lions tour spear tackle on Brian O'Driscoll and the allegations of foul play leveled at Tana Umaga and Keven Mealamu.

Coach Graham Henry has fiercely defended his side once again, with the British media fixated on the new video footage of the incident released during the week.

Henry says these things happen in rugby, it was not done deliberately, they feel for O'Driscoll. 

"But what can we do? We can't wave a magic wand and suddenly he is fit again.''

Almost the entire media conference on the team's arrival in Cardiff was taken up with questions about Gavin Henson's book and the Brian O'Driscoll saga.

- NEWSTALK ZB