Christopher Chang, of the New Zealand Herald, looks at the allegations of eye-gouging in the World Cup final.
"French sports newspaper L'Equipe has hit out at nzherald.co.nz, accusing it of initiating a "scandal" surrounding French captain Thierry Dusautoir and allegations of eye-gouging on Richie McCaw.
The French newspaper responded to Rugby commentator Keith Quinn's claims that the All Blacks captain was the victim of eye-gouging towards the end of the match. Quinn had told Radio New Zealand that French skipper Dusautoir, who was named IRB player of the year, was "right there" at the time of the incident."
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