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Ronan O’Gara is the new head coach of La Rochelle The news was confirmed by the French club on Wednesday morning. O’Gara has been part of the coaching staff with Crusaders since January 2018. But will leave the Super Rugby side when their season ends next month to take up his first head coach role. The former Munster and Ireland …

Former Ireland and Munster outhalf Ronan O’Gara is reportedly set to sign a three-year deal to become the backs coach at French side La Rochelle. According to reports in the French media, O’Gara is set to leave his role at New Zealand side Crusaders at the end of the Super Rugby season and take up a role at La Rochelle. …

Munster head coach, Johann van Graan, has refused to rule out the possibility of Ronan O’Gara and Paul O’Connell joining his coaching ticket at the province in the near future. The South African signed a contract extension with the province last week that will see him remain in his post until 2022, however, he has indicated that he may look …

Munster received a huge boost during the week with the news that Joey Carbery signed a two-year contract extension with the southern province which will bring him up to the end of the 2021/22 season.  Getting Carbery’s signature so soon into his initial two-year deal is a huge coup for the club and it sends a statement of intent that …

Ronan O’Gara has admitted that he wouldn’t rule out a move to the Irish coaching setup should the right role come along at the right time. The legendary Irish outhalf is currently the Assistant Backs Coach for the Crusaders, a post he took up in January of this year. He has won many plaudits for his time there, as he …

The All Blacks will visit the Aviva Stadium in November for what’s sure to be a terrific contest. Ireland finally ended a 111-year wait for a victory over New Zealand at Soldier Field, Chicago in 2016, and though they lost the return leg 21-9 in Dublin, Irish legend Ronan O’Gara believes that his country won’t have to wait another century …

If there is one man who can accurately predict the impact that Joey Carbery can have at Munster then it’s Ronan O’Gara.  The legendary Munster and Ireland out-half knows what it takes to succeed in that pivotal position at the southern province. His experience in his playing days, in addition to coaching around the world where he most recently helped …

World Rugby have announced this morning that they have inducted five new members into the hall of fame.  One of those is Munster and Ireland legend Ronan O’Gara who is currently an assistant coach with the Crusaders in New Zealand. The other four inductees are Liza Burgess (Wales), Stephen Larkham (Australia), Pierre Villepreux (France) and Bryan Williams (New Zealand). The World …

Munster will attempt to get back to winning ways on Saturday evening when they entertain Ulster at Thomond Park. Johann van Graan’s side have named a much-changed starting XV for this weekend’s clash with just Sammy Arnold starting again. In that game against Racing, the big talking point was Simon Zebo being placed on the bench. Alex Wootton was caught …

Ronan O'Gara bigs up Beauden Barrett ahead of crunch Super Rugby game.

Ronan O’Gara will certainly be clocking up the air miles over the coming weeks.  The Corkman is currently getting to grips with his new role as assistant coach to Scott Robertson’s Crusaders in Christchurch but as preparations ramp up for the beginning of the new Super Rugby season, O’Gara will have to divide his time travelling between New Zealand and Ireland …

Ronan O’Gara is currently starting a new chapter in his coaching career as the assistant coach with the Crusaders.  The Munster and Ireland legend made the move from Racing 92 where he had been coaching for the last number of years to take up a role with Scott Robertson’s side who were crowned Super Rugby champions in 2017 after a …

Ronan O’Gara is set for a new challenge in 2018 as he takes up the role of assistant coach at Crusaders in New Zealand.  While it is an adventure he is openly excited for in order to further enhance his coaching credentials in the works of rugby, the Cork native will find it tough to bid farewell to life in …

Ireland’s international rugby panel is finally a thing of beautiful depth and talent, a mix of experience, talent, youth and ambition. It’s a pity it could soon be undone by the deep pockets of our continental neighbours. Less than two years out from the 2019 Rugby World Cup, head coach Joe Schmidt has been steadily building a squad that could legitimately …

Ronan O’Gara will continue his coaching career when he ups sticks to Christchurch in January to take on an assistant coaching role with the Crusaders.  The opportunity to work with someone like Scott Robertson and be in a club with such rich history and tradition was clearly too good to turn down and that’s not to mention the winning culture …

Racing 92 have confirmed this morning that Ronan O’Gara will leave his coaching role with the Parisian club to take up the assistant coaching role with Super Rugby side, the Crusaders.  O’Gara confirmed during RTÉ’s coverage of Ireland v South Africa that talks were underway between the two clubs over a potential move but that things were at an early …

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