Racing put no obstacles in my way, says O’Gara

Racing 92 owner and president Jacky Lorenzetti tried four times to persuade Ronan O’Gara to pass on a move to Super Rugby champions, the Crusaders, without success, the Munster and Ireland legend revealed last night.

The Christchurch-based outfit have agreed a deal to bring O’Gara to New Zealand for the 2018 Super Rugby season. He will assume the responsibilities as new backs coach, replacing Leon MacDonald.

O’Gara last night expressed his gratitude to Racing 92 for facilitating the move by agreeing to release him from his contract in Paris, stressing that without approval from Lorenzetti, he would not have broken his contract, which runs to 2019.