Dan McFarland full of praise for 'very brave' Ronan O'Gara

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland is keen to praise his opposite number, Ronan O’Gara, for the risks he has taken in his coaching career to date

Wed, 14 Dec, 2022 - 07:10

Declan Bogue

On weeks like these, no manager likes to be taken off the straight line of wins-losses ratio and having to write out the lines that they ‘must do better.’ Especially a week in which you spend hours in an airport, return home and get up in the middle of the night to catch a flight only for the whole thing to end in a 39-0 spanking to Sale Sharks.

“We've got to own a 39-0 defeat, don't we? It's very difficult when you're a very honest group like these guys are, we measure ourselves by certain standards,” says Ulster head coach Dan McFarland, getting out in front of the story and holding himself accountable.