Rory Best banks on green giant Paul O’Connell to deliver

Saturday’s siege will come from all angles but amidst all the chaos and carnage that Cardiff will deliver Rory Best knows that Paul O’Connell will lead Ireland’s ground offensive just as he has 99 times before.

The man who has captained Munster, Ireland and the Lions will wear the green jersey for the 100th time this weekend (to add to his seven Lions caps) but the honour will come in hostile circumstances.

The Welsh crowd packs so tightly into the Millennium Stadium that they sit within an arm’s reach of the pitch, this weekend’s referee is Wayne Barnes who hasn’t been too kind to Ireland of late and on top of that Warren Gatland has his troops believing they can win their fourth championship in eight years on points difference.