O'Driscoll fallout helped 'galvanise' All Blacks: Henry
Debate continues to rage over a dangerous tackle on Brian O'Driscoll in the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour by All Blacks captain Tana Umaga (L) and Keven Mealamu Wellington (AFP) Former New Zealand coach Graham Henry has weighed in on the ongoing debate over the crippling tackle on Brian O'Driscoll in the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour, saying it "helped galvanise" the All Blacks. The dangerous dumping in the opening minute of the first Test dislocated O'Driscoll's shoulder ruling the Lions skipper out of the remainder of the series which the All Blacks went on to sweep 3-0. The incident has been vociferously debated ever since with an angry O'Driscoll, unable to take any further part in the series, describing it as"deliberate foul play, dangerous, a cheap shot". With the Lions due to return to New Zealand next month, the tackle -- in which All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and Keven Mealamu combined to take O'Driscoll out of pl...