Ronan O'Gara: No-one told me there'd be days like these

Bayonne were feeding on the European champions coming to town and they will kick the shit out of you if you’re not ready. And we were not ready for the fight

BURNING WITH FRUSTRATION: O'Gara in the sin bin at the Felix Mayol as Munster bowed out of the 2011 Heineken Cup in the pool stages. Pic: Billy Stickland, Inpho

I play a lot of padel. The nearest facility is more than 20 minutes away from the house but it’s worthwhile for the endorphins, for excreting out the frustration, the pain and suffering of this gig.

Joey Carbery was talking this week about periods last year when he hated this rugby life, with all its boils and carbuncles, the creases and the crap.