T14 Round-up: Former Munster winger helps Oyonnax defeat Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle

Elsewhere Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92 snatched a hard-earned victory from the jaws of what would have been their second defeat of the season.
T14 Round-up: Former Munster winger helps Oyonnax defeat Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle

La Rochelle's Irish coach Ronan O'Gara looks on prior to their French Top 14 rugby union match. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP) (Photo by VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Former Munster winger Darren Sweetnam helped promoted ProD2 champions Oyonnax inflict a fourth Top 14 defeat in five matches on Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle.

Sweetnam, who started the French leg of his rugby career with a short-term contract at La Rochelle at the back end of the 2020-21 campaign before he switched to then second-tier side Oyonnax, raced in for the game’s first try in the 13th minute.

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