O'Gara to start for Ireland

Ronan O’Gara staved off the challenge of Jonathan Sexton to claim the fly-half spot for Ireland’s one-off Test against New Zealand on Saturday.

Sexton started the final three games of Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations campaign but has only recently battled back from a broken jaw and missed last Friday’s match with the Barbarians because of an infection in his mouth close to where he had the surgery.