Ronan O'Gara smiled as he insisted he wasn't playing mind games by way of wearing a red hoodie to La Rochelle's Champions Cup final Captain's Run this afternoon.
After beating the Blues in the 2021 semi-final in La Rochelle and the 2022 decider in Marseille, he believes Les Maritimes will have to be better again to beat Leinster in what is essentially a home game for Leo Cullen's side - a side that boasts 14 Grand Slam winners from earlier this year."What I've seen from my boys is they love it, they care for each other, they've prepared all season for this game and it's to be attacked rather than be feared.
"We're lucky with our club that we have a good president and CEO that are aligned in the vision where want to go to. Of course, O'Gara is on familiar territory, even if he expects a hostile atmosphere. He won a Champions Cup semi-final on Lansdowne Road in 2006 - against Leinster, remember - and played almost 50 times for Ireland at the same ground."I have such great memories in this stadium, the minute I walked through, I was like, 'I can’t believe I'm here'.
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