Top 14: O’Gara’s in-form La Rochelle storm to bonus-point win over Lyon

The victory is the third on the trot. 

BACK-TO-BACK: La Rochelle head coach and Irish Examiner columnist, Ronan O'Gara. Pic: MATTHIEU RONDEL/AFP via Getty Images

Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle doubled down on last weekend’s take-the-points win on the road at Racing 92 with a thrilling bonus-point 43-22 victory over Lyon.

It was their first three-in-a-row run for 17 months – in front of their 95th consecutive sell-out crowd at Stade Marcel Deflandre. The weekend’s Top 14 matches at Vannes, Perpignan, Bordeaux and Castres were also played in front of capacity crowds.