The former three time tourist with the Lions and Munster and Irish out-half believes Owen Farrell could have a hug say on the test series, despite the English captain being on the bench for Saturday’s big game in Cape Town.
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“I would have played Conor but I understand it. A lot of people probably struggle with the fact that maybe you want to finish with your best 15,” O’Gara commented.
“That’s very evident nowadays in sport with many teams. You’re hoping probably that away from home the first 30 minutes are an arm wrestle and your half-backs will probably be changed after 50.
“Not necessarily obviously, but when you have someone of the calibre of Murray and Farrell [on the bench] – and I think Farrell is the key to the whole test series, from my point of view.
“I think it makes it very interesting. Any time there is an injury or something isn’t going well, I think the Lions are stronger [on the bench] from a backs point of view.”