‘If you want to move on you have to get out of the country’

Escaping the bubble of his home city and Munster rugby has helped Ronan O’Gara move on with his career as a coach and his new life in Paris, according to the rugby legend.

Having retired at the end of last season and taken up a coaching role with Racing Metro, O’Gara is loving life in France but was glad to be in familiar surroundings ahead of last night’s testimonial dinner in Cork City Hall.

Speaking with Pat Kenny on Newstalk, O’Gara was in reflective mood ahead of the event, and spoke glowingly of his career with Ireland and in the red of Munster.