'Putting out the cones wasn't easy': Ronan O'Gara reflects on a decade in coaching
La Rochelle's coach Ronan O'Gara (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY/AFP via Getty Images)
“You can’t be a friend and a coach at the same time,” La Rochelle’s Ronan O’Gara insisted as he looked back over his first 10 years in coaching - during which he has won a Top 14 title, two Super Rugby crowns and the Champions Cup.
In a long interview with Midi Olympique to mark a decade on the outside of the touchline after 15 years as a player, O’Gara explained he had been too close to his team-mates at Thomond Park to consider becoming their coach straight away, despite the offer of a one-year coaching contract when he hung up his boots.
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