Top 14 drilldown: O'Gara has few complaints as La Rochelle outmuscled by Toulouse

Toulouse's French lock Thibaud Flament (R) is tackled during the French Top 14 rugby union match against La Rochelle at the Ernest Wallon stadium in Toulouse on Saturday. 

Knockout rugby, in the Top 14 as in any other competition, is usually a very different beast to league rugby.

But, so far, results have gone pretty much to script. Both the home sides in the barrage round of the play-offs won their matches, to set up semi-finals on Friday and Saturday that pit first in the league against fourth, and second against third.