Search
02 Oct 2025
Search
02 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Nenagh native Donnacha Ryan is part of Ronan O'Garas backroom team at La Rochelle
A storming comeback from La Rochelle was enough to beat Leinster in an absorbing Champions Cup final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin today.
Leading the backroom team for the French side was Ronan O'Gara and alongside him was Nenagh native Donnacha Ryan.
The two former Munster stars have seen their stock rise in the coaching world and are now rightly seen as two of the best in the world after today's result.
Leinster have only been beaten three times this season but they have now lost twice in a week, firstly to Munster in the Semi-final of the URC and now in the final of the Champions Cup.
La Rochelle defeated Leinster 27-26 this afternoon despite being 17-0 down in the first half.
It is the French side's second successive win in the competition.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
