Ronan O'Gara: Getting used to being blamed for anything and everything
I am figuring this out in real time. There’s no manual for these things. Even if there was, every day and every situation is different and gets treated on its merits, writes Ronan O'Gara
Seven miles due east of Perpignan is the delightful seaside resort of Canet-en-Roussillon. It’s 20 degrees and I am just out of the deep blue. Bringing the La Rochelle squad here for a refreshing and restorative mini-camp before our ninth Top 14 game of the season on Saturday seemed an appropriate change of routine, I reckoned.
For the main part, everyone here agrees. It’s those left behind in La Rochelle I’m in the doghouse with. Wives and partners with no second pair of hands during the October school break equals Rog at the centre of several testy phone conversations between home and here. Fortunately, I am out of earshot.
