“Ronan and Jono facilitate that at training and it’s showing on the field.” “I think him and (director of rugby) Jono Gibbes have been great with the direction in how we want to play, they haven’t pigeon-holed us into a specific style but let us play to our strengths. It’s the little stuff, I remember one of our first games against Toulouse and he ripped into me and Lopeti Timani and it was a wake-up call that I’d probably been saying in my head.īut then to hear it from one of the head honchos, him and Jono, was an eye-opener and that’s the best type of coach, he’s direct, he’s straight and I enjoy it. “Having a coach like that, he’s never been down on me or never comes down hard on the boys. He’s been someone who has helped on the side of playing to your strengths. I didn’t know how he’d go as a coach though, because it doesn’t always transfer being a great player to a great coach, but for me, he’s been awesome. “Yeah, I’ve known of Rog, he’s a legend of the game.
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“Me and the boys, we’ve got the old Rugby 08 up on the PS2 in the team room and we often play off Ireland and put Rog on the pitch, with his 95 or 99 rating or something,” Skelton said, laughing. O’Gara, the giant lock believes, is one such talent he is willing to bulldoze through teams for, and just as he did against Leinster in the semi-final, he is ready to it again against Toulouse at Twickenham when La Rochelle go into their first European final.