Six Nations rugby: O’Connell wants to make an impression

If second row master and apprentice Mick Galwey and Paul O’Connell gel as well for Ireland as they so obviously do both on and off the pitch for Munster, then Wales had better beware.

O’Connell, in his first year on the Munster team at the age of 22, has been handed a surprise international debut for Sunday’s Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship opener against the Welsh at Lansdowne Road.