Ronan O'Gara: 'It feels a little bit surreal but we wake up tomorrow morning as European champions'

"I knew defensively the way we set up we wouldn’t really let them play."

La Rochelle's French full-back Brice Dulin and La Rochelle's Irish coach Ronan O'Gara celebrate after winning the European Rugby Champions Cup, rugby union final between Stade Rochelais (La Rochelle) and Leinster at the Velodrome Stadium in Marseille, southeastern France, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP) (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)

He's a European champion again as a coach, but Ronan O'Gara was quick to credit forwards coach  Donnacha Ryan for the phases of play that led to Arthur Retiere’s 79th-minute that won the Champions Cup for La Rochelle and denied Leinster a fifth title.

Rog told BT Sport: "We have 'Shkin' Ryan harping away all week in Tipperary French about the quickest way to the tryline is straight and he hates when the backs get their hands on it. So it should be a good video review this week."