Daniel Mchardy Afternoons

The Owen Franks camp has hit back at reports he's yet to say sorry to James Parsons for his act of foul play in last weekend's game - insisting the All Blacks prop reached out to the Blues hooker, but that his attempted apology was rebuffed.According to Aaron Lloyd, the lawyer who represented Franks in his Sanzaar hearing, Parsons didn't want to hear the apology."He [Franks] tried to," Lloyd told Radio Sport this afternoon. "What we've got there I think is that the words that have been picked up aren't quite accurate."The controversy began when Franks struck Parsons to the head in a high tackle during the Crusaders' 32-24 win at Eden Park, for which he wasn't penalised due to the amount of time which had elapsed before it was spotted by the match officials.And it rumbled on when Parsons told Radio Sport that he hadn't received an apology from Franks, despite the apparent act of contrition giving the Crusader a discount in his sanction from a four-week ban to two weeks.Now Lloyd, who acts for all New Zealand S