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Ronan O'Gara: Are Lions rolling the dice going without Owen Farrell?

Head coaches make big decisions. They call it. When I've wanted a certain player in the 23, and the assistants have said ‘god, No’, I take it on board. ‘I hear ya, but I’m still going with this’
Ronan O'Gara: Are Lions rolling the dice going without Owen Farrell?

ROLL THE DICE: Should Andy Farrell have rolled the dice and picked Owen for the bench instead of Marcus Smith? Pic: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

BACK on deck Down Under. My car’s in Paris, my body’s in Brisbane, heaven knows where the head is at.

Denis Fogarty is here, along with Quinny. They’ll straighten me up. There are recce’s to plan with the Melbourne Storm and (hopefully) the Broncos to further broaden coaching horizons, but at this moment, I've only enough bandwidth for the next 24 hours and the first test at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

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