French clubs battling to secure Ronan O’Gara's services

Ronan O’Gara is at the centre of a TOP14 battle for his services next season between La Rochelle and former club Racing 92.

The former Munster and Ireland fly-half, currently in his second season as an assistant coach to Scott Robertson at Super Rugby champions Crusaders in Christchurch, has been linked in the French media with a role in Jono Gibbes’s coaching set-up at La Rochelle, whose current backs coach Xavier Garbajosa will leave at the end of this season.