Five-try La Rochelle blitz Bristol as O'Gara's side edge above Leinster atop Pool 2

Bidding to regain the trophy they won back-to-back in 2022 and 2023, La Rochelle made it two pool stage wins from two with an emphatic victory over their English visitors

IN THE TRENCHES: La Rochelle's Australian-Samoan centre UJ Seuteni (L) is is tackled during the European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool 2 Round 2 rugby union match between Stade Rochelais and Bristol Bears at the Stade Marcel-Deflandre in La Rochelle, on December 14, 2024. Pic: XAVIER LEOTY/AFP via Getty Images)

Investec Champions Cup: La Rochelle 35 Bristol Bears 7

Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle roared to a bonus-point victory over Bristol Bears to move ahead of Leinster by the slimmest possible margin in Pool 2 of the Investec Champions Cup.