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‘Brand O’Connor’: JOC’s one regret as Force return confirmed
Almost two decades after making his debut, James O’Connor is returning to the Super Rugby side that he played his first game with.
Almost two decades after making his debut, James O’Connor is returning to the Super Rugby side that he played his first game with.
Almost two decades after making his debut, James O’Connor is on the cusp of a Western Force return. And he wants to play at next year’s World Cup.
James O'Connor looks set to be left out of the Wallabies squad once again as their horror European tour heads to France this week.
James O'Connor is now playing for the Leicester Tigers and was not picked in Joe Schmidt's initial squad for the northern hemisphere tour.
The Johannesburg fixture was O'Connor's first Test since 2022 after Tom Lynagh was ruled out of the Rugby Championship tour.
James O'Connor's return to five-eighth was the other big storyline to come from the Wallabies ending the Ellis Park hoodoo.
Both the Wallabies and Springboks may make further changes to their teams before kickoff at Ellis Park on Sunday (AEST).
It was widely assumed that Ben Donaldson would replace Tom Lynagh in the run-on team after the latter was ruled out of the Rugby Championship.
James O'Connor has earned a fairytale Wallabies recall and will take on the might of the British and Irish Lions for a second time.
James O'Connor remains hopeful of a fairytale Wallabies recall this week as he also eyes a storybook ending to his Super Rugby career in Christchurch.