Laporte steps up O'Gara chase for France

The possibility of Ronan O'Gara being part of France's backroom team for the 2019 World Cup has increased with French Rugby Federation sources in Paris confirmed the Munster and Ireland legend was "under consideration."

O'Gara stated in the print edition of Friday's Examiner that he had not been contacted by the FFR but widespread media reports now indicate that Federation president Bernard Laporte wants O'Gara and Toulon head coach Fabien Galthie to buttress the management team of beleaguered head coach Jacques Brunel.