{"id":278792,"date":"2026-01-11T04:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278792\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:54:13","slug":"it-was-special-leinsters-harry-byrne-delighted-to-nail-his-big-moment-against-la-rochelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278792\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It was special\u2019 \u2013 Leinster\u2019s Harry Byrne delighted to nail his big moment against La Rochelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Ronan O\u2019Gara chooses not to speak to media after Champions Cup defeat\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harry Byrne of Leinster celebrates after converting an 80th minute penalty to give his side a 25-24 victory during the Champions Cup match against La Rochelle at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Brendan Moran\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sports3318927.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Harry Byrne of Leinster celebrates after converting an 80th minute penalty to give his side a 25-24 victory during the Champions Cup match against La Rochelle at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Brendan Moran\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Leinster hero Harry Byrne said he had no doubt about kicking the winning penalty against La Rochelle at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Despite Sam Prendergast still being on the field, the replacement out-half assumed responsibility at the end of a rip-roaring game and nailed his moment to secure a 25-24 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronan O\u2019Gara chooses not to speak to media after Champions Cup defeat Harry Byrne of Leinster celebrates after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,12861,4934,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-278792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-leinster-rugby","12":"tag-ruaidhri-oconnor","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115874684263361924","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}