After season from hell, finally Ronan O'Gara and La Rochelle control their own playoff destiny

La Rochelle are in ‘control of their own destiny’ manager Ronan O’Gara declared, after Sunday night’s 38-10 thoroughly impressive bonus-point victory over Toulouse moved them to within four points of the Top 14’s play-off places.

“The most important thing is that we can wake up [on Monday] and not have lived through a nightmare,” he told journalists as he refused to look much beyond his side’s next match, on May 30. “Now, we’re preparing to get the job done in Montauban – and with tonight’s unexpected bonus, I think we control our own destiny.

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