Ronan O'Gara: Empathy is important — at times I can disappoint myself on that front

The legendary fly-half says at times he has a 'short fuse'

The La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara says he 'could do with listening more'. 

When I finally catch up with Ronan O’Gara on a Wednesday evening, it’s after a not-insignificant delay to the proposed start time for the interview.

It’s not the legendary fly-half's fault — he's doing a number of press interviews and the journalists before me have clearly been eager to take the opportunity to pick his brain on all things rugby, at home and abroad.