Ronan O'Gara to base his La Rochelle squad in Cork for Leinster preparations

Champions Cup holders will spend most of the week in Ireland as they prepare to lock horns with old rivals at Aviva Stadium next Saturday

The five-star Fota Island resort in east Cork

LA Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara is coming home in more ways than one this week as the reigning Champions Cup holders count down to Saturday's quarter final against rivals Leinster.

The French Top 14 side will base themselves in Cork's five-star Fota Island Hotel and resort for the majority of the week as they bid to deny Leo Cullen's men a place in the last four.