O’Sullivan hopeful O’Connell will be ready for Welsh

EDDIE O’Sullivan is hopeful Paul O’Connell can recover from a shoulder injury sustained against France on Saturday and will be fit for the clash with Wales on Sunday week.

The Irish coach also remained adamant that his side had played most of the rugby even if the score line didn’t indicate as much in Paris.

The Irish coach faced the media in Dublin yesterday having allowed the players to go home a day earlier than planned.