O'Connor dilemma as England switch touted

LONDON WASPS flanker and former Connacht and Ireland A player, Jonny O'Connor, faces a major dilemma: declare for World Cup champions England and suffer the wrath of folk in the west of Ireland, or stick with Ireland.

Speaking from his Galway home yesterday, O'Connor said he was disappointed not to get an Ireland call-up last season.

"I was playing well last year and I thought I might get in at some stage or get in for the tour to South Africa. But Eddie (O'Sullivan) is his own man. He has to do what's best. I just have to sit back and see what happens," said O'Connor.