British and Irish Lions
O'Connell was selected in the squad for the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. He won his first Test cap for the Lions on 25 June 2005, starting in the first test defeat to New Zealand. O'Connell also started the second and third tests.
On 21 April 2009, O'Connell was named as the British and Irish Lions Captain for the 2009 tour to South Africa. He started the first test defeat with Alun Wyn Jones on 20 June 2009, but started the narrow second test loss with Simon Shaw. O'Connell led the Lions to their first test victory since 2001 in the third test.
O'Connell was selected for his third Lions tour on 30 April 2013, named in the squad for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.
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