All Black captain Richie McCaw has accepted Lote Tuqiri’s letter of apology for last Saturday’s spear tackle.

Tuqiri was suspended for five matches by a Sanzar judicial panel , but he will only miss one test - the Wallabies’ final Tri-Nations match against South Africa in Johannesburg on September 9.

Tuqiri’s letter of apology was delivered to the All Blacks’ Auckland hotel before the team departed for South Africa early on Sunday.

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