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Published 11:31 6 Jul 2017 BST
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"Mako has had two bad games in a row. Every other Lion has had a decent performance but he's had two bad games and he has given away a lot of stupid penalties. "McGrath is the slightly stronger scrummager. What Vunipola is supposed to be bringing to the table is his ball-carrying abilities but I haven't seen much of that in the two Tests. That would be my one change and spring Vunipola from the bench with 20 minutes to go."While neither O'Gara or Boss were taking anything away from McGrath, they can see the logic in Gatland backing the men that he believes are the right XV to put the Lions in a winning position on Saturday. Later, on SportsJOE Live, O'Gara opened up more on the Vunipola selection. He said:
"You can't say Vunipola is on [the team] inexplicably. He's on for a reason... "Last week he brought a lot of penalties, I completely agree, but good players want to play with good players. He's the type of fella that can make a difference away from home. "He has the capacity to play the ball out of a tackle and the workload. You have to have some bit of belief in backing a player who is playing for one of the best teams in Europe - Saracens - and for what he has done under Mark McCall."Gatland has nailed down his front row - Vunipola with Jamie George and Tadhg Furlong - from early in the tour and O'Gara believes the loosehead will have sorted and squared off his discipline issues by the time Saturday comes around. It's a big call but the former Ireland stars can completely see the logic.
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