A strong character.
Determined to the extreme for some, hard and brittle for others.
Whatever one thinks, Ronan O'Gara led Stade Rochelais for the second time in a row to the final of the Champions Cup, the prestigious continental competition.
To offer, in the event of victory against the impressive Irish province of Leinster, a first major title for the caravel club since its emergence at the very highest level.
La Rochelle is not the favorite of this poster at the top.
But the technician from La Rochelle
"has a plan"
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“We all need to believe that it is possible to win. The most interesting is the attitude of the players. We respect this challenge and we will prepare well so as not to have any regrets. We have to show our best face and I think we are capable of doing that.”
Last year, twice, Stade Rochelais stumbled on the bottom step, in the European Cup and then in the Top 14, each time against Stade Toulousain.
"We know what our goal is,
" he insists .
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