Wales head coach Warren Gatland has apologised for any offence his use of the word "banter" may have caused when reflecting on last Sunday's Joe Marler-Samson Lee incident at Twickenham.
Marler is still waiting to discover if his verbal abuse of Wales tighthead Lee during last Sunday's Six Nations clash is to result in any punishment from disciplinary chiefs.
The delay in publishing the findings into the incident during which Marler called Lee "gypsy boy" comes despite the Harlequins loosehead having apologised to his rival at half-time for the comment and England censuring the player and reminding him of his conduct.
"Look, we have no issue. It was just a bit of banter, as far as I am concerned. And that's the way that Samson said it," Galtand said.
"Joe said to him at half-time it was only just a bit of fun, and Samson said he has no issue. It's just banter on the rugby field. Fifteen, 20 years ago, those things were sorted out with fists and stuff."
