Ronan O'Gara: Bring the boots and gumshield. Leave the Bose headphones at home

IT’S never 20 years already since we checked back into Merignac Airport in Bordeaux with that seminal 31-25 Heineken Cup win over Toulouse in our back pockets?
Ronan O'Gara: Bring the boots and gumshield. Leave the Bose headphones at home
Fri, 10 Jan, 2020 - 00:00
Ronan O’Gara

Munster’s Peter O’Mahony and Racing’s Wenceslas Lauret vie for possession in the Champions Cup meeting at Thomond Park. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
Munster’s Peter O’Mahony and Racing’s Wenceslas Lauret vie for possession in the Champions Cup meeting at Thomond Park. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

IT’S never 20 years already since we checked back into Merignac Airport in Bordeaux with that seminal 31-25 Heineken Cup win over Toulouse in our back pockets?

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Sports ColumnistsRugbyPlace: Merignac airportPlace: BordeauxPlace: ParisPlace: RavenhillPlace: La Défense ArenaPlace: GaillimhPerson: Ronan O'GaraPerson: VaselinePerson: Ken O’ConnellPerson: LarkhamPerson: CarberyPerson: BleyendaalPerson: JoeyPerson: GaillimhPerson: ClawPerson: RyanPerson: Camille ChatEvent: Heineken CupOrganisation: BoseOrganisation: ToulouseOrganisation: MunsterOrganisation: StadeOrganisation: Racing 92Organisation: Racing
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