#Ronan O’Gara

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Ronan OGara
SRonan O'Gara: Are Lions rolling the dice going without Owen Farrell?
Ronan OGara
SRonan O'Gara: Armchair generals - how Gibson-Park and Russell put Lions in box seat
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S Ronan O'Gara: Rugby might be in trouble but Tolu Latu’s made my day
One or two bad apples in an orchard is no big problem. At the start when I took over there was some weeding to be done in the garden and it wasn’t done in one afternoon either. It took time

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

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Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle tighten play-off grip with sharp victory over Montpellier
Against Montpellier, La Rochelle picked up their first try-scoring bonus point since November. 

Sun, 18 May, 2025

Jack Crowley 2/4/2025
'I was blown away, just the time he gave me': Jack Crowley thankful for Ronan O'Gara guidance
Crowley said conversations were had about him joining O'Gara at La Rochelle in 2021.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

Caelan Doris and Simon Easterby 21/1/2025
S Ronan O'Gara: Don't pass comment on alligator's teeth until you're safely across the riverbank
Six Nations kick-off - can Ireland set the tone? In rugby terms, France are the one side capable of beating the champions in Dublin. The others won’t do that at the moment

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

Northampton Saints v Munster - Investec Champions Cup Pool 3
S Ronan O'Gara: Munster in La Rochelle will be magic. But it will have to wait
The intrepid have nothing on the Munster supporter who needs to find a way across land and sea to get to a European Cup game.

Thu, 23 Jan, 2025

Rory Scannell and Tom Ahern after the game 18/1/2025
Munster will take on Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle in Champions Cup Round of 16
Leinster will take on Harlequins with Ulster facing a tough task when they take on top seeded side Bordeaux Bègles.

Sun, 19 Jan, 2025

Munster v Northampton - Heineken European Cup Final
S Ronan O'Gara: A powerful Munster throwback, the road not travelled and the ability to say 'No'
If our rugby columnist selected three memories from a stellar career with Munster, the Twickenham aftermath 25 years ago will always be one of them

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025

Leinster v La Rochelle - Investec Champions Cup Quarter-Final
S Ronan O'Gara: Time for a hug? Tough love doesn’t work on everybody
Ronan O'Gara opens up about the challenges of coaching La Rochelle, balancing tough love with rebuilding confidence as his team struggles through a tough patch

Sun, 12 Jan, 2025

Sean Dougall 21/1/2024
S ROG's quiet (right-hand) man: Meet the other ex-Munster star in the trenches with La Rochelle
He's the third leg of La Rochelle's coaching stool, happiest pitchside with the players. Says Seán Dougall: 'We’ve got the players to adapt to what’s in front of us'

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025

Tadhg Beirne leads his team through the team tunnel dejected after the game 13/12/2024
S Ronan O'Gara: Munster's snakes and ladders isn't my game now, but . . .
Massive frustration at the issues and standards and culture that has seen the former European champions tumble backwards so far into the pack that they are no longer distinguishable, even in Europe, once their crucible

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

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S Ronan O'Gara: This will take a mammoth effort from Munster to beat Castres
Also, on Sam Prendergast, my bad. I now see where all the hot air about the Leinster kid was coming from. He's good.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Bath Rugby v Stade Rochelais - Investec Champions Cup 2024/2025
Ronan O'Gara open to Ireland, England and France jobs, but not Wales
"There are Test jobs I’d bite people’s hands off for. That usually works itself out if you’re good enough at your club. You’ve got to have those ambitions, I think, because you want to be the best you can be.” 

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

UJ Seuteni celebrates as Tawera Kerr-Barlow scores their side’s third try 6/12/2024
La Rochelle hold off Bath fightback to claim Champions Cup win
La Rochelle had led 21-6 at the break and looked to be cruising towards a bonus point victory. 

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

UJ Seuteni celebrates as Tawera Kerr-Barlow scores their side’s third try 6/12/2024
La Rochelle hold off Bath fightback to claim Champions Cup win
La Rochelle had led 21-6 at the break and looked to be cruising towards a bonus point victory. 

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

Bath Rugby v Stade Rochelais - Investec Champions Cup 2024/2025
'The better team won tonight' - Ronan O'Gara delighted with La Rochelle victory over Bath
"Brilliant first half, shocking second half," was O'Gara's summary of La Rochelle's performance. 

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

2024/2025 Investec Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup Launch 15/10/2024
S Ronan O'Gara: Park Vannes. We are going to sink or swim in Bath
Right now, where we are idling, I’d bite anyone’s hand off for a big performance on Friday night against Bath at The Rec.

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

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Ronan O'Gara: 'I hope they have the courage to go out into town. I expect to get a few insults. It’s important the players feel the fans’ frustration'
As Champions Cup week looms, Ronan O'Gara lays down challenge to La Rochelle players following home defeat to lowly Vannes

Sun, 01 Dec, 2024

Ireland Rugby Squad Training and Media Conference
S Ronan O'Gara: Crowley can't sulk. He's now the hunter. This is a long, cold war
The plain truth is that there must be those in the Irish camp who already believe Sam Prendergast is a better option at ten for Ireland, irrespective of his relative inexperience

Fri, 29 Nov, 2024

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Ronan O'Gara's depleted La Rochelle fightback to earn bonus point
Joey Carbery stepped off the bench for Bordeaux after just 10 minutes as they fought back to win after being 29-7 down at half-time against Vannes. 

Sat, 23 Nov, 2024

Ireland Captain's Run
S Ronan O'Gara: An arm around the shoulder or kick up the backside?
With the decision to draft in Sam Prendergast for the second of the autumn internationals, Irish rugby’s favourite blood sport is off to the races – who’s our best 10 option looking ahead to the next World Cup.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

New Zealand Rugby Captain's Run
S Ronan O'Gara: This isn’t about spite. It's about whose rugby is better, Ireland’s or New Zealand’s
Dublin might, only might, be the most significant challenge for New Zealand on this tour. But Scott Robertson knows the next autumn series that really matters to him is in 2027 in Australia.

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Stade Rochelais Captain's Run
Ronan O'Gara exclusive: Munster love remains but that doesn't mean I'll ever coach there
These are turbulent times, but the solution for their next head coach is already in the building with a combo of Mike Prendergast and Denis Leamy. Logic, never mind history, tell us that most good No 1’s start as No 2’s or 3’s.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

South Africa v Ireland - Summer Tour
S Ronan O'Gara: 'Saucy' Frawley has put Ireland ten jersey back in play
Ahead of the November internationals, a sideways look at Farrell's Ireland, Razor's All Blacks and Rassie's South Africa

Fri, 25 Oct, 2024

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S Ronan O'Gara: Having a nutty over the worst defeat of my coaching career? What's the point
 Last Saturday in San Sebastian wasn't bad. It was humiliating. So what happens next?

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

Gordon D'Arcy celebrates his try with Shane Horgan and Luke Fitzgerald 2/5/2009
How Ronan O’Gara jibe fuelled Johnny Sexton’s drive to succeed
'I’ve spent a lot of time apologising for that moment over the years… At this stage, I’m actually glad that I did it. I was just being me'

Sun, 29 Sep, 2024

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Ronan O'Gara will sleep well after 'miracle' La Rochelle victory over Racing 92
Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92 have slipped to 11th in the Top 14 after their third defeat in four games.

Sun, 29 Sep, 2024

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O'Gara's La Rochelle still can't solve the Toulouse problem
Toulouse’s utterly entertaining, high-intensity come-from-behind 35-27 win on Sunday was their 11th in 14 matches against O’Gara’s charges.

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024

Ronan O'Gara with the media after the game 13/4/2024
S Ronan O'Gara: Measuring the time it takes to haul yourself out of the doldrums
How we unravelled at the end of last season fed into a hard truth that never left me –we were not properly at the pace of the game all season. That’s a big statement and it’s on me too

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

French rugby: James Coughlan looks to lift Biarritz from the doldrums
French rugby: James Coughlan looks to lift Biarritz from the doldrums
In France's Top 14, Ronan O'Gara has also inked a deal to bring Racing's Nolann Le Garrec to La Rochelle.

Wed, 21 Aug, 2024

Leinster v La Rochelle - Investec Champions Cup Quarter-Final
S Donnacha Ryan extends contract at Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle
Losing Top 14 finalists Bordeaux have confirmed the arrival of Scotland's Jonny Gray from Exeter along with former Munster fly-half Joey Carbery, who will be charged with pushing Matthieu Jalibert for the 10 shirt

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

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S Ronan O'Gara: When there's a season on the line, there's no tomorrow
Toulouse’s last meaningful outing was the Champions Cup final against Leinster the better part of a month ago. Chances are they might be short a bit of cohesion.

Fri, 21 Jun, 2024

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Ronan O'Gara's relief as La Rochelle eye Toulouse revenge: 'We've woken up now'
'It’s been a difficult week. On Tuesday we hit breaking point. I told them I didn’t like their attitude in training. It felt like we were back at the first day of the season'

Sun, 16 Jun, 2024

Ronan O'Gara 13/4/2024
Top 14: Ronan O'Gara preparing La Rochelle for crunch Toulouse clash
Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92 got back to winning ways on Saturday, meanwhile.

Sat, 01 Jun, 2024

Ryan Baird dejected as he walks past the Investec Champions Cup trophy 25/5/2024
S Ronan O'Gara: They’ll talk out of the sides of their mouth about Leinster now
Insofar as we can employ a comparison, this was Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final last autumn against the All Blacks. The only thing that mattered was getting over the line.

Fri, 31 May, 2024

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S Ronan O'Gara: Toulouse look tastier but Leinster's plain appeal too persuasive to ignore
Sitting in my car with a muffin, it's easy to be seduced by both Leinster and Toulouse, but smarts and stone-cold pragmatism may swing Saturday's Champions Cup final Ireland's way.

Fri, 24 May, 2024

Simon Zebo dejected after the game 26/12/2023
Ronan O'Gara: Simon Zebo the ultimate dressing-room radiator
Sport has become homogenised but if the guy with the X factor gets squeezed out, that is a coaching error

Thu, 23 May, 2024

Ronan O'Gara 27/5/2022
S Ronan O'Gara: When my confidence deserted me, I had over one hundred Irish caps
Confidence in sport is a fascinating topic for a column. When everything is tough; making a decision is hard, passing the ball is hard. You can’t find the auto switch. You can see it, you know where it is from before, but you are frozen, you can’t reach out and flick it...

Fri, 17 May, 2024

Ronan O'Gara 13/4/2024
Top 14: Defeat at Bordeaux leaves Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle hanging onto final play-off place
The Rochelais have three matches left in the domestic campaign.

Sat, 11 May, 2024

Brian O'Driscoll Career Highlights
S Ronan O'Gara: Having the weekend off has never felt so uncomfortable
Playing at Croke Park is quite the experience. In its pure magnificence, it blows Lansdowne Road away, and feels like six times the size. 

Fri, 03 May, 2024

Ronan O’Gara with Ryan Baird 13/4/2024
S Ronan O'Gara: Munster can be hopping mad but the deck is stacked with Leinster aces
When Leinster can move in and sign one of Munster’s biggest assets, it is - not to put too fine a point on it - the biggest kick in the b*llocks I can remember for a province since the game went professional in Ireland

Fri, 26 Apr, 2024

Ronan O'Gara 13/4/2024
Ronan O'Gara throws hat in ring to be future France head coach
O'Gara said he would not settle for just being a member of the France backroom team. 

Wed, 24 Apr, 2024

Leinster v La Rochelle - Investec Champions Cup Quarter-Final
S Donal Lenihan: Behind enemy lines after welcoming Ronan O'Gara and La Rochelle 
The decision to offer Leinster's opponents a training pitch seemingly did not go down well in Dublin ahead of the Champions Cup quarter final.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Leinster v La Rochelle - Investec Champions Cup Quarter-Final
La Rochelle and O'Gara have done the Champions Cup some service
It’s not that they won’t be back at this sharp end of the tournament - everything suggests they absolutely will be – but it's only right that the end of this particular era be given due recognition.

Sun, 14 Apr, 2024

Leinster v La Rochelle - Investec Champions Cup Quarter-Final
No excuses, no what ifs for Ronan O'Gara after Leinster 'hammer' La Rochelle
“They were sharper to everything and they made it difficult for us and their rush defence worked well and in the first 70."

Sat, 13 Apr, 2024

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