French wing hospitalised after brutal collision
VIDEO: Try-scoring France wing Remy Grosso was smashed in a tackle by All Blacks Sam Cane and Ofa Tu’ungafasi during the hosts’ overwhelming 52-11 victory in Auckland on Saturday.
Grosso suffered a double skull fracture after taking successive, back-to-back shots to the head.
Cane was penalised for a high tackle but Tu’ungafasi escaped punishment, leaving furious French coach Jacques Brunel calling for the incident to be reviewed by officials immediately after the game.
But after going over replays himself, Brunel said he now accepted the collision was not deliberate.
Remy, I hope you’re recovering well. It was a physical game and it wasn’t my intention to hurt you. I’m also gutted that I didn’t get to see u after the game and u weren’t well for me to visit u in hospital this morning before we left but I hope to catch up soon brother.🙏🏽❤ pic.twitter.com/De803BCtgw
— Ofa Tuungafasi (@TuungafasiO) June 10, 2018
Full match highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1-D4sGt1Zs
