TOP 14 – Satisfied with the performance of his men, Ronan O’Gara wanted to congratulate the forwards of La Rochelle after the victory of the Maritimes against Toulouse (30-7). The Irish coach also took the opportunity to pay tribute to Marcel-Deflandre’s crowd…
Ronan O’Gara was a happy man. After Stade Rochelais’ final victory against Toulouse (30-7), this Saturday evening, the Maritimes coach affirmed his legendary pragmatism by congratulating his pack and the La Rochelle crowd.
“How does it feel to have finally beaten Stade Toulousain? Um… nothing! It had to happen one day, it happened tonight. It’s something necessary. But I had faith that ‘We can’t change the past’, we control the present and what lies ahead. But we will have bigger challenges in the future. Toulouse were missing players. Tonight, great atmosphere and performance.
For the first time we saw a performance of 23 guys with a close-knit group. We remain in the running for 2nd place, that’s the most important thing. It is mandatory if you have it both ways. Melee ? She was beautiful, I am very happy with her. The top five decided everything tonight. Uini (Atonio) will sleep well, Reda (Wardi) too. We saw tonight that no matter who plays, the machine spins. If I regret not having taken the offensive bonus, as Ugo Mola (coach of Toulouse, ed) used to say?
Yes, I agree with what he says. But before we run, we have to walk. We walked tonight. We played a clean game. It’s a great privilege to train with such an audience. It’s a real audience. I had “bet” him (after the loss to UBB), everyone saw the difference. The fans were huge, better than my team.”
