Ronan O'Gara on 'fascinating' Peter O'Mahony red: 'Something has to be done about the breakdown'

The La Rochelle head coach also believes that Ireland would have won by a double-digit margin had they not played most of their Six Nations opener with 14 men

Ireland's Peter O'Mahony walking off the pitch after being sent off. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Ronan O'Gara's thoughts on Ireland's defeat in Cardiff come to us uninfected by the sort of microscopic post-match analysis and competing opinions that washed over everyone else deep into yesterday evening and through to this morning.

The La Rochelle coach was otherwise engaged yesterday afternoon, his side falling four points short to his old club, Racing 92, in the Parisian outskirts. It's a defeat that keeps them off the top of the Top 14 table for now, even if a losing bonus point is not to be sniffed at.