Ronan O'Gara facing increase in touchline ban after appeal

The La Rochelle head coach was initially given a fortnight's ban  and a fine.

La Rochelle’s head coach Ronan O'Gara speaks to the media. Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Ronan O’Gara faces an additional touchline ban, after French rugby’s governing body, the Fédération française de rugby (FFR), referred an earlier two-match suspension imposed in December to its Federal Appeals Committee.

The La Rochelle manager had already been handed a two-week suspension and fined €3,000 by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), after he had been sent to the stands less than an hour into La Rochelle’s 53-33 Top 14 defeat at Pau on November 30.