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Published 21:38 16 Jun 2017 BST
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"No, I wouldn't let anyone else. That's your bread and butter." He added: "It's like a striker and he's not allowed take the penalties [even] if he's fouled in the box. There's something missing. You just need that pressure. "You have to put team first, obviously, but why do you make all the sacrifices? Why do you do all the kicking? It's to get a shot at this. "The great thing, you know in sport, is that you can sleep even if you fail. It's not getting that shot. You just want to have that go. If you miss, everyone hates you but you don't hate yourself as you had a crack off it. That's the way I'd be going at it. "You want to put yourself up at Eden Park, with everyone booing you. You'd say, 'Oh yes, please give me this one'."
O'Gara admitted that he might have been happy, early in his career, when captains opted to kick for touch instead of points. As his career grew, he craved the pressure. O'Gara added:
Warming to the topic, O'Gara added:
"It got to the stage where Paulie and Drico wouldn't even ask me, and there were times where I was ratty and they pointed [to the posts] and Paulie would say, 'You're kicking this. You're KICKING this!' "There were times when you'd like an old discussion!"https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/875814904367898624 With O'Connell confidently proclaiming 'Posts!', you dare not let him down. No pressure lad.
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