ronan o'gara retires

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VITAL STATISTICS NAME: RONAN O’GARA AGE: 36 POSITION: FLY HALF HEIGHT: 6’ 0‘’ WEIGHT: 13ST 1LB IRB 3 RD MOST CAPPED PLAYER OF ALL TIME: 130 IRELAND’S HIGHEST POINTS SCORER: 1,083 MUNSTER’S HIGHEST POINTS SCORER: 2,558 ERC’S HIGHEST POINTS SCORER: 1,365 From 2000 O’Gara competed with incumbent David Humphreys—who was suffering from inconsistent form—for the number 10 jersey until the 2003-04 season when he became fly half of choice. The arrival of Johnny Sexton during the 2009 Autumn series sparked a new rivalry. The Munster man continued to be a force off the bench with a near equal scoring rate and far superior record from the tee. KEY Place kick Munster Ireland Lions Match-winning drop goal Drop goal Try Yellow card SOURCES: MUNSTERRUGBY.IE, RBS6NATIONS.COM, IRISHRUGBY.IE, IRB GAME ANALYSIS REPORTS, ESPNSCRUM.COM, LIONSRUGBY.COM RONAN O’GARA : FORM AND FUNCTION 97-98 98-99 00-01 01-02 99-00 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 SEASON STATISTICS CLUB RUGBY INTERNATIONAL RUGBY HEAD-TO-HEAD 2010-2013 6 NATIONS O’GARA : SEXTON starter replacement place kicking points per hour 65% 20% 53% 7.8 20% 65% 90% 7.3

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VITAL STATISTICSNAME: RONAN O’GARAAGE: 36POSITION: FLY HALFHEIGHT: 6’ 0‘’WEIGHT: 13ST 1LBIRB 3RD MOST CAPPED PLAYER OF ALL TIME: 130IRELAND’S HIGHEST POINTS SCORER: 1,083MUNSTER’S HIGHEST POINTS SCORER: 2,558ERC’S HIGHEST POINTS SCORER: 1,365

From 2000 O’Gara competed with incumbent David Humphreys—who was su�ering from inconsistent form—for the number 10 jersey until the 2003-04 season when he became �y half of choice.

The arrival of Johnny Sexton during the 2009 Autumn series sparked a new rivalry. The Munster man continued to be a force o� the bench with a near equal scoring rate and far superior record from the tee.

KEY

Place kick Munster

Ireland

Lions

Match-winning drop goal

Drop goal

Try

Yellow card

SOURCES: MUNSTERRUGBY.IE, RBS6NATIONS.COM, IRISHRUGBY.IE, IRB GAME ANALYSIS REPORTS, ESPNSCRUM.COM, LIONSRUGBY.COM

RONAN O’GARA:FORM AND FUNCTION

97-98

98-99

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01-02

99-00

02-03

03-04

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05-06

06-07

07-08

08-09

09-10

10-11

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SEASON STATISTICSCLUB RUGBY INTERNATIONAL RUGBY

HEAD-TO-HEAD 2010-2013 6 NATIONS

O’GARA : SEXTON

starterreplacementplace kicking

points per hour

65%20%53%7.8

20% 65% 90%

7.3