They don't suit everybody but Ronan O'Gara's methods are working

La Rochelle Head Coach Ronan O'Gara celebrates. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

The legend of Ronan O’Gara is assured in La Rochelle after he guided the club to their first-ever Champions Cup.

As you’d expect of someone who has a Top 14, two Super Rugby crowns and - now - a European title on his young coaching CV, O’Gara has no intention of believing that Saturday’s win over Leinster in Marseille is the end of the matter. Rather, he sees it, as he said after the match, as a “great starting point”. That should come as bad news to rivals in France and further afield already coming to terms with the inconvenient truth that La Rochelle aren't easily overawed anymore.