La Rochelle head coach Ronan O’Gara throughout the captain’s run on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Picture: 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 an image of calm.
He smiles and waves at hooker Tolu Latu who has gone exterior to play together with his toddler, agrees to movie a brief video wishing a colleges hockey crew good luck of their remaining the following day, after which sips on a flat white as he considers the storm that’s coming on the Aviva Stadium this night.
