Ronan O'Gara: 'I couldn’t be happier with the players I am going into battle with'

How you use your players, how and when you want them to peak is the most important thing you can do as a coach

La Rochelle's French centre Geoffrey Doumayrou (C) celebrates with team mates after scoring a try during The European Champions Cup rugby union quarter-final match between La Rochelle and Sale Sharks at The Stade Marcel Deflandre in La Rochelle, western France on April 10, 2021. (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY / AFP) (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY/AFP via Getty Images)

ON WEDNESDAY, I shuffled my way through a long run. Thinking time. I started into the habit earlier this year and the upsides have grown on me. I could tell you I spent the hour contemplating the meaning of life, but who am I fooling?

This was pure rugby country.