O'Gara looking for favourable wind

Influential fly-half Ronan O’Gara will blame it on the weatherman if Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations Championship challenge comes a cropper against Scotland on Saturday.

The 27-year-old, who is likely to shoulder much of Ireland’s attacking burden should injury doubts Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy not make it to Murrayfield, is banking on clear skies over Edinburgh as his side strive for a second win in the space of six days.