Scarlets’ Jones doffs cap to ton-up Ronan

RONAN O’GARA will make his 100th Heineken Cup appearance in the crucial Pool One clash away to the Scarlets on Saturday with a ringing endorsement from another number 10 who knows a thing or two about dealing with pressure.

The Scarlets’ Stephen Jones has gone head-to-head with O’Gara countless times for club and country, with another pair of key clashes looming at Parc y Scarlets and Thomond Park over the next two weekends.

O’Gara’s Munster teammate and prop John Hayes was the first Heineken Cup centurion and now the player who has already amassed 1,221 tournament points — and scored in his last 82 Heineken Cup appearances — is set to become the second to break the three-figure barrier.