Scots escape action over O`Gara incident

12 April 2012

An independent citing commissioner has taken no action against Scotland despite allegations that Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara was deliberately choked in the closing seconds of Saturday's game at Murrayfield.

O'Gara lost consciousness and Ireland coach Eddie O`Sullivan described how he had turned blue after the incident.

Citing commissioner Brian Fowler, who had 50 hours in which to act, studied all available footage and even consulted "enhanced images on game analysis software". However he found no incidents of foul play to cite.

Ireland responded immediately to Fowler's conclusion with a brief statement accepting his judgement.

It read: "Following the match commissioners findings that there were no citable acts of foul play during the Scotland v Ireland game and specifically at the end of the match, the Ireland squad and management accept the decision and now consider the matter closed."

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