Ronan O'Gara said his La Rochelle team took a "hammering" from rampant Leinster in their Champions Cup quarter-final clash.
"I said before the game in an interview that I think we could put a score on these or else we could take a score because that’s the fascinating thing about coaching my boys," O'Gara said. "But at the same time, it’s only three tries against a Leinster team where you look how many opportunities we butchered as consolation scores - not as real scores - towards the end.
He said: “That would using an excuse. Maybe with hindsight it may have been a factor, but the better team won. The better team won. And that’s what sport is about.
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