La Rochelle head coach Ronan O’Gara during the captain’s run at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile
Framed by the window overlooking the gardens at La Rochelle’s south Dublin base on a sunny Friday morning, Ronan O’Gara is a picture of calm.
He smiles and waves at hooker Tolu Latu who has gone outside to play with his toddler, agrees to film a short video wishing a schools hockey team good luck in their final the next day, and then sips on a flat white as he considers the storm that’s coming at the Aviva Stadium this evening.
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