Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle bounce back with impressive win over Stade Francais

Teddy Thomas starred while backrow Oscar Jegou returned to action to score a try. 

SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara gestures during the French Top14 match against Stade Francais at The Marcel-Deflandre Stadium . Pic: XAVIER LEOTY/AFP via Getty Images)

Teddy Thomas’s renaissance as an outside centre to watch continued as Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle headed into the international break with a 35-18 win over Stade Francais at Stade Marcel Deflandre to put the misery of last weekend’s nilling at Montpellier behind them.

Thomas scored his fifth try in his fourth career outing at 13 – all of them this season – flirting dangerously with the touchline in the 32nd minute of an opening period dominated by the two sides’ defences.