Ronan O'Gara: 'I think we all have a stomach full of the box kick'

'Sometimes, there is definitely a need to box-kick, but other times Ireland were going into the air when there could be a complete cul-de-sac for a winger in his attempt to go and chase the ball'

Ronan O'Gara at a Benetti Menswear promotional shoot: 'I didn't think Ireland expected to get where they are as quick as they did, and that's a credit to the work going on behind the scenes'

RONAN O’Gara has admitted that even he was blindsided by Ireland’s enthusiasm for keeping the ball alive against Japan last week – the question now is to what extent Andy Farrell’s men retain that adventurous zeal against the All Blacks on Saturday.

"I didn't think they expected to get where they are as quick as they did, and that's a credit to the work going on behind the scenes," he said in a promotional stint for Benetti Menswear on Tuesday.