Ronan O'Gara on the players who will be key to success in this World Cup

Ronan O’Gara suggests it is not so much the no 10 who is pivotal to Rugby World Cup success, but the goal-kicker. 

Ronan O'Gara on the players who will be key to success in this World Cup

World class goal-kickers win World Cups, so it will be interesting to see the best in action over the next few weeks, because the pressure at a World Cup is like no other — and it will be a case of whoever can handle it.

For me, it was never a pressure scenario, because the furthest we got was the quarter-finals. The pressure amplifies when teams reach the semis and final, whatever the competition, be it a Grand Slam decider or a Heineken Cup final.

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