British and Irish Lions

The 2001 and 2005 Lion needs just seven more points to become the first player to break the 1,000 points barrier in the competition.

O'Gara currently has 993 European points to his name from 78 appearances, giving him an average of 12.73 points per match.
His tally has featured eight tries, 133 conversions, 216 penalties and 13 drop goals in a career that has so far brought two Heineken Cup winners medals.

O'Gara scored 13 points against Biarritz in Munster's first Heineken Cup triumph in 2006, before adding 11 points in the 16-13 win over Toulouse earlier this year.

The last time O'Gara finished a Heineken Cup match without scoring a single point was in Munster's 18-5 defeat to Bath way back on October 28, 2000.

The 31-year-old has represented Ireland on 85 occasions and has claimed a further 835 points for his country.

O'Gara made 11 appearances for the Lions on the tours of Australia and New Zealand, scoring 75 points in the process, and he could well be included in Ian McGeechan's squad for the tour of South Africa next summer.

Three former British & Irish Lions will line-up against an England XV at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday as the Barbarians warm-up for their showdown with the 2013 tourists in Hong Kong next week.

Radike Samo, one of only two players still playing top level rugby in Australia who placed against the 2001 British & Irish Lions, will return to top flight action with Queensland Reds against the Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday.

British & Irish Lions hookers Dylan Hartley and Tom Youngs will fight out their own private duel in the Aviva Premiership final at Twickenham on Saturday and then become team mates for the next six weeks a day later.