Players have to look at themselves, says frustrated O’Gara

RONAN O’GARA’S first game as Irish captain was a massive disappointment for a player who had great expectations but discovered his team simply wasn’t up to the mark.

O’Gara gave it everything but like another key senior player, Paul O’Connell, if anything, tried too hard to reverse a game going irretrievably in England’s favour.

“I think players will have to look inside themselves,’’ O’Gara commented. “I think we will just have to have more pride in our performance. We’re well capable of playing well. We have proved that in the past, but we need to do it on a more consistent basis. There is huge ambition within the team and we’re very frustrated. Now that it’s the end of the championship we have to reassess and see where we’re going from here. From a personal point of view, it’s good there’s a European Cup to be played.