Ronan O'Gara: 'What excites me is that my team can play'

Munster has never left ROG How could it? He played 240 times for them, broke all manner of scoring records and featured in 16 consecutive Heineken Cup campaigns. It was a time that shaped him

27 May 2022; Head coach Ronan O'Gara walks past the trophy during the La Rochelle Captain's Run at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

It’s nine years since Ronan O’Gara cut the umbilical cord with Munster. A man linked indelibly with his native province and city of Cork has since forged a new life on the other side of the white line, in France, then New Zealand and in France again.

But Munster has never left him.