Ronan O’Gara finds challenge of coaching Test rugby ‘appealing’
Ronan O'Gara gives instructions while coaching the Barbarians ahead of the match against a New Zealand All Blacks XV at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Photograph: Steve Bardens/Getty Images for BarbariansFormer Ireland outhalf Ronan O’Gara, who is on the shortlist of names to replace England coach Eddie Jones after next year’s Rugby World Cup in France, said he found the challenge of coaching Test rugby “appealing”.
O’Gara, whose name entered the public domain along with Scott Robertson and Steve Borthwick as potential front-runners, said he would consider the opportunity if it came his way. “To test me, to test your players, at the highest possible level under extreme pressure. That stimulates me, that awakens me and that inspires me,” said O’Gara about the prospect of international rugby.
O’Gara coached French Club La Rochelle to the European Champions Cup for the first time in their history, when they beat Leinster in last season’s final. He has coached only at club level so far in his career, firstly at Racing 92 in France as defence coach before taking up an assistant coaching role in Crusaders in New Zealand. He is currently head coach in La Rochelle.
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