Ronan O’Gara. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
It’s time to start planning for the return of Ronan O’Gara to Irish rugby. The Munster and Ireland legend has so far conducted his glittering, 13-year coaching career offshore, with stints as an assistant at Racing 92 and the Crusaders before stepping up to the top job in La Rochelle.
This Saturday, he returns to Lansdowne Road to renew his great rivalry with Leinster, and for those 80 minutes, the old fires will burn as the two sides who have met in six successive European seasons go head-to-head once again.