Ronan O'Gara exclusive: We were 330ft short of our Everest. There could be no turning back

DELIRIUM: Stade Rochelais supporters, who have sold out Marcel Deflandre for 67 consecutive games, needed no invite to salute their Champions Cup-winning heroes on Sunday at the port.
SOMEWHERE in that purgatory, where Wayne Barnes and his review team are deliberating on Arthur Retiere’s European Cup-winning try, I have stepped out of the mayhem into a parallel world where I am the only person in the stadium focused on Leinster’s restart.