Welsh rugby captain apologises to media

Posted by Ian Reeves on 10 February 2006 at 14:39
Tags: Sport

Gareth Thomas, the captain of the Welsh rugby team, has apologised to journalists after his team withdrew from media interviews last week. The standoff arose after the team objected to comments made by Graham Thomas, the journalist who ghost-wrote Gavin Henson’s autobiography, in a match programme.

They collectively refused to speak to any journalists until Thomas, a BBC presenter, had left the media conference on Wednesday.

Now, according to The Times, the skipper says “I just want to apologise on behalf of the team. In hindsight the stance we took was a mistake.”