O’Gara craves consistency

IT’S “last chance saloon” time for Ireland against the All Blacks in Hamilton this weekend, according to Ronan O’Gara.

The Munster fly-half entered the fray in the 52nd minute of Saturday’s frantic contest in Christchurch for the injured Gordon D’Arcy and formed the experimental 10-12 axis with Jonathan Sexton once more — the same combination that finished the epic victory over Australia at last year’s World Cup.

It seemed all set up for a typical O’Gara intervention in the final 10 minutes of a brutal match in Canterbury with the scores locked at 19 points apiece. O’Gara’s end-game heroics for his province against Northampton and Castres could have proved the perfect preparation for a final snatch and grab for Declan Kidney’s men.