French paper denies rugby dirty tricks

A French sports newspaper, L'Equipe, has denied that its allegations about the private life of a member of the Irish rugby team, Ronan O'Gara, are part of a dirty tricks campaign ahead of tomorrow's world cup match. The paper's rugby editor, Arnaud David says the claims were "just two lines" in an article, and that the story had been blown out of proportion by the Irish media, adding: "I think the dirty tricks are from the Irish tabloids." (Via Irish Independent)