O’Gara targets Grand Slam, even without inspirational BOD

RONAN O’GARA has tipped Ireland to launch a major offensive on the RBS 6 Nations Championship and sees no reason why they cannot garner another Grand Slam, even without the influence of injured skipper Brian O’Driscoll.

It will be tough, says the veteran fly-half, but he figures the rich form of holders Leinster, Munster and Ulster in the Heineken Cup will help lay the foundations.

Basking in the glory of Munster’s sensational defeat of Northampton to secure a home quarter-final against Ulster, O’Gara is ready for another challenge. He reflected on Munster’s win by saying: “Yeah, it was great. It was exactly what we needed, you know. We’d been playing in fits and starts for a lot of games but it probably wasn’t as bad as some people were making out. And Saturday wasn’t as good as some people are now making out.”