O’Sullivan to give O’Gara all time he needs

NO rush, no panic. That’s clearly the course of action being taken by Irish coach Eddie O’Sullivan.

O’Sullivan to give O’Gara all time he needs
Wed, 20 Aug, 2003 - 01:00
Barry Coughlan

It has been O'Sullivan's trademark since he took over from Warren Gatland. He gave captain Keith Wood all the time he needed to make it back in time for the World Cup and yesterday intimated he would do the same with Ronan O'Gara.

The Munster and Ireland out-half has been excluded from the 22-man squad to take on Italy at Thomond Park on Saturday week and, indeed, faces a medical examination on a broken bone in his thumb on Monday.

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