Brendan Fanning: Don't hold your breath on any decisive action from EPCR on ‘Tunnelgate’

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara celebrates after the Champions Cup final at Aviva Stadium in Dublin — © SPORTSFILE
Brendan Fanning
You probably made a sharp intake of breath when you heard EPCR would be launching an investigation into whatever happened in the tunnel at half time in the Heineken Champions Cup final.
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