Ronan O’Gara: I may not be much good, but at least I’m officially qualified now

The notion of studious, bespectacled gurus analysing statistics and data in the coach’s box is a seducing one, but down pitchside is where it’s at. Think GAA mentality 

Ronan O'Gara in his days as a coach at Racing 92 in November 12, 2016. Picture: Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images

There is every possibility I am the thickest rugby coach in France, but at least I am a qualified one. After six, frequently-interrupted years of pursuing my full and final coaching badges through the French Rugby Federation (FFR), the envelope dropped through the letterbox last week.

There’s me, all credentialled.