An Irish rugby legend and record‑setting out‑half turned elite coach with La Rochelle. A prominent pundit known for frank, compelling, agenda-setting analysis.
FEEL the scab, feel the need to squeeze out the puss, to feel better for the healing process being underway. That’s a good sense of how much we are looking forward to the first game of the new Top 14 season for La Rochelle in Bordeaux on Saturday night.
Pre-season has been seven weeks long and beneficial. It wasn’t meant to be that way. Missing out of the play-offs for the first time gave us a longer summer and the headspace to recalibrate and re-set.
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