Article: RUGBY UNION: O'Connell's aim; Munster second row pledges to win a place.(Sport)

Article: RugbyU: Ireland greats split on O'Connell as Lion ...
AAP Sports News (Australia);  March 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... greats split on O'Connell as Lion king by Julian Guyer ... believe Paul O'Connell can captain the British and Irish Lions in South Africa this ... Johnson, like O'Connell, was a lock while Ian McGeechan, the Lions' coach in 1997 ...

Article: Can O'Connell be Lion King?
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... mean plenty to O'Connell personally, but Lions selection would ... imagines - the Lions would have a leader ... Johnson mould. O'Connell has the same presence ... Especially if you are Lions' captain in the ... back yard. O'Connell may not admit it ...

Article: O'Connell: Lions must build from the basics
South Wales Evening Post;  June 6, 2009 ;     519 words ...Paul O'Connell emphasised the need ... British and Irish Lions into battle today ... victory over the Golden Lions two days ago served notice of what O'Connell and co could achieve ... and better. O'Connell, a Lions tourist in New Zealand ...

Article: O'CONNELL: LIONS MUST BECOME THE BRIT PACK.(Sport)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  May 24, 2009 ;     571 words ... ... FITZGERALD CAPTAIN Paul O'Connell insists his Lions teammates must quickly ... 7in and 12st). As the Lions prepare to fly out on ... today, Munster ace O'Connell, who remembers with ... That's to become Lions heroes by beating South ...

Article: O'Connell Lions pride in McBride
Belfast Telegraph;  May 29, 2009 ;     394 words ...BRITISH and Irish Lions captain Paul O'Connell has said that he wants ... to do," said O'Connell. "If we can win ... s career. "The Lions in South Africa tends ... our goal is." O'Connell will lead the Lions into battle against ...

Article: Faces of 2005 Pietersen ready for the Test arena, ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ...1 PAUL O'CONNELL REGARDED AS a Martin Johnson in the making, Paul O'Connell, 25, is a certainty for Ireland and the Lions. A fine World Cup established him as one of the leading locks in the world in 2003 and last season he drove Ireland ...

Article: RugbyU: O'Connell gets Teague's vote to lead Lions
AAP Sports News (Australia);  February 14, 2009 ;     593 words ... ... 2009 RugbyU: O'Connell gets Teague's vote to lead Lions CARDIFF, Feb 14 ... Ireland's Paul O'Connell should captain the British and Irish Lions on this year's ... both locks like O'Connell, victorious Lions captains in South ...