Ronan O'Gara: Cracking the players up with the most elementary passing drills

I don’t see being in a European Cup quarter-final as a big deal. It does my head in to see high-fiving in the streets and the notion that we will get there ‘eventually’. I want to win things now, not eventually

BRILLIANT BOTIA: Our columnist describes his Fijian centre, Levani Botia, as a ‘brilliant, brilliant player’ — and also one of the hardest. ‘In all my experiences as player or coach, there is no-one capable of doing more damage to one’s wellbeing if you fail to get out of the way.‘ Picture: David Davies/PA Wire

We had another full round of Covid testing at La Rochelle Monday. Disruptive of course, but necessary.

What happened to Toulon in the Champions Cup was a stark reminder to all of the fragility of where we are at and the brutal sporting consequences of a positive case of the virus.