Ronan O’Gara signs four-year extension to La Rochelle deal that closes door on Leinster job

La Rochelle have confirmed that Ronan O’Gara has signed a four-year contract extension which will keep the former Munster and Ireland outhalf at the club until the end of the 2030-31 season.

The 49-year-old, who arrived in La Rochelle in 2019, has guided the club to two breakthrough Champions Cup wins in 2022 and 2023. He also led them to the final of that competition in 2021 and the French championship a year later, when beaten dramatically both times by Toulouse, in what is by some distance the most successful era in their history.