T14 Round-up: Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle win on tense final weekend of campaign

TENSE WEEKEND: La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle head to Toulon next Saturday for the barrage round of the Top 14 post-season play-offs, after a 24-19 win over Racing 92 at Stade Marcel Deflandre on a high-tension final weekend of the campaign, when all seven matches kicked off at the same time.

Tries in the opening 20 minutes from Dillyn Leyds and Tawera Kerr-Barlow – in his first outing since the Champions Cup quarter-final loss to Leinster in Dublin – gave the Rochelais a decisive advantage in front of another sell-out crowd.