Quote: Bullseye "It was a swinging arm from Harragon not a spear tackle. It wasn't even penalised if I remember rightly. The referee thought he was faking concussion and yelled "he's alright get up!" at him.
It was a different game back then.
Dermott tried to get one back for his mate in the 2nd Test and sparked a scrap when Harragon pulled him back from supporting a run by Andy Platt. It turned into a brawl but nobody was sin binned or anything. Harragon was eventually "seen to" later in the second half legally for once by Kelvin Skerrett.
Both Andy Gregory's and Mal Reilly's biographies mention the Lucas incident. Apparently Reilly was very concerned as he really struggled to regain consciousness.
Lucas went on the record later as saying the incident was "just the fortunes of playing rugby".'"
Didn't he slip in the shower after the game and hurt himself? I'm sure I've read that somewhere.