Much-changed La Rochelle side round out regular season with comeback win 

Ronan O'Gara gave young and fringe players their chance to take on Stade Francais.

BACK AT IT: La Rochelle's Irish coach Ronan O'Gara looks on during the warm-up of the French Top14 rugby union match between La Rochelle and Stade Francais. Picture: XAVIER LEOTY/AFP via Getty Images

A young La Rochelle side signed off the regular Top 14 season with a comeback 14-10 win over Stade Francais in front of another full house at Stade Marcel Deflandre.

Head coach Ronan O’Gara took advantage of his side’s already-won direct pass to the play-off semi-finals in a fortnight to rest his Champions Cup heroes on masse for bigger matches still to come, and fielded - as he had against Montpellier prior to their trip to Dublin - a near-unrecognisable 23.