Frustrated Ronan O'Gara admits La Rochelle have it all to do now

'It's never simple, there's always rollercoasters but it's the first bump in two and a half years where this team has lost in the Champions Cup which is a phenomenal statistic'

HEAT ON: La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara arrives at the Stade Marcel Deflandre in La Rochelle on Sunday. 

The great Munster team that Ronan O’Gara played with loved a bit of adversity. They relished it. Think of those great days when they pulled unlikely wins out of the fire. The delirium of so many timeless scenes in Thomond Park.

It was put to him after Sunday's opening Champions Cup loss at home to Leinster that if La Rochelle are to emulate Toulon and claim a hat-trick of wins in this competition across as many seasons then they will have to do it the hard way.