Ronan O’Gara pays tribute to people of Cork at gala evening

He has kicked a Grand Slam-winning drop goal and piloted Munster to a pair of memorable Heineken Cup successes. He has been to World Cups and on three Lions tours to Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

But ask Ronan O’Gara for his career highs and an off-Broadway Magners League game in Cork at the end of 2007 rates higher than almost anything else.

Why? Because it reminded him, at one of the lowest moments of his rugby career, that Cork people never forget their own.