Captain fantastic calls the shots

LET there be no doubt about it — Ronan O’Gara’s display at out-half for Munster in last Saturday afternoon’s pivotal Heineken Cup match was perfect, as near as dammit.

With wind and rain belting down on an already sodden pitch, treacherous conditions and Munster’s quarter-final fate hanging in the balance almost to the end there was practically no margin for error. But the number 10 delivered.

A certain try saved in the first quarter, a try made in the last quarter, and five from five from placed balls, not to mention brilliant ground-devouring kicks from hand to continually turn Wasps.