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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