Ronan O'Gara
# ronan-ogara - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
‘O’Brien is beef and I’m cattle’: Lydiate keen to link up with his Irish equivalent
The Paris-bound flanker even offered to give Sean O’Brien a hand on the farm, if he needs it.
# ronan-ogara - Monday 20 May, 2013
Racing will get their money’s worth out of ROG – O’Connell
The Munster, Ireland and Lions lock says Munster will be a strange place without Ronan O’Gara around.
# ronan-ogara - Sunday 19 May, 2013
Your ‘O’Gara And Stringer As Childhood Team-Mates’ Pic of the Day
The Bath scrum-half has taken to Twitter to praise his old friend.
# ronan-ogara - Saturday 18 May, 2013
13 reasons why we’ll miss Ronan O’Gara
Following the Munster legend’s decision to retire, we celebrate his stellar career.
The best bits from Ronan O’Gara’s debut as a rugby columnist
The retiring Munster, Ireland and Lions star paid tribute to the teenager Donal Walsh, who recently lost his battle with cancer.
‘Irish Rugby will miss O’Gara’s extraordinary talents’ – IRFU Chief
Philip Browne also thanked the former Munster star for his professionalism.
Open thread: Unload all of your Munster v Leinster grievances here
Ahead of the Lions tour, we are giving you the chance to get everything off your chest.
Honesty & magic — O’Gara retires having made Irish rugby great
The man born to play number 10 leaves behind a legacy and a legion of memories.
Ronan O’Gara’s incredible Munster career in 40 brilliant pictures
With his retirement from the game confirmed, we look back at ROG’s unbelievable contribution to his province.
# ronan-ogara - Sunday 12 May, 2013
‘Munster are like Freddie Krueger — they keep coming back at you’
Former Leinster and Ireland prop Paul Wallace was impressed with the province in this season’s Heineken Cup.
# ronan-ogara - Saturday 27 April, 2013
10 Heineken Cup semis in 13 years for old-stager Ronan O’Gara
The Munster man has gone all the way just twice.
# ronan-ogara - Monday 8 April, 2013
‘When Munster are up for it we’re a different team’ – Ronan O’Gara
“It’s a great day to be a Munster person,” declared the veteran outhalf following his side’s 18-12 win.
# ronan-ogara - Sunday 7 April, 2013
12 pictures that sum up Paul O’Connell’s afternoon
If he keeps this up, he’ll be flying the Lions plane down to Australia.
# ronan-ogara - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
‘I’ve had mixed times with him’ — Ronan O’Gara’s typically frank farewell to old boss ‘Deccie’
“I was omitted from the squad a couple of weeks ago and that’s really, really disappointing,” said O’Gara in Cork today.
# ronan-ogara - Friday 29 March, 2013
Munster’s Pro12 play-off dreams blown asunder as Warriors run wild
Glasgow ran in six tries and racked up a half century of points to reach the Pro12 summit.
# ronan-ogara - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Paddy Jackson declared fit to start against France
Leinster outhalf Ian Madigan will take his place on the Irish bench for the first time at Test level.
# ronan-ogara - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Opinion: ROG deserves better than to be patronised by Kidney
“Here we are again at the midpoint between World Cups and we are torn between the agendas of a struggling coach and Irish rugby,” writes former Leinster forward Emmet O’Rafferty.
# ronan-ogara - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Opinion: Injuries and indecision continue to dog Ireland’s 6 Nations campaign
Declan Kidney is not helping matters with muddled messages and contradictions.
Kidney admits he may have to send an SOS to axed O’Gara
Declan Kidney could face an out-half shortage if Paddy Jackson does not recover from a minor hamstring problem as quickly as expected.
# ronan-ogara - Monday 4 March, 2013
‘It wasn’t Declan’s intention that he was writing off Ronan’s international career’
Ireland team manager Mick Kearney revealed that O’Gara had been informed on his axing on Sunday afternoon.
‘There comes a time when you don’t match up to international standard’ – WJ McBride
The Ireland and Lions legend feels O’Gara’s time is up.
Opinion: It’s not the ending he deserved but axing Ronan O’Gara is the right call from Kidney
The Munster great should have went after the World Cup in 2011, say Whiff of Cordite.
End of an era? Here’s Ronan O’Gara’s Ireland career in 30 pictures
The country’s most capped player may have donned the green jersey for the last time after being dropped for the Six Nations meeting with France.
# ronan-ogara - Sunday 3 March, 2013
O’Gara dropped from Ireland squad: Here’s the Twitter reaction
The hashtag ‘legend’ features quite prominently.
Ronan O’Gara axed from Ireland squad to play against France
The Munster fly-half’s future international career is in serious doubt as Jonathan Sexton comes back into Declan Kidney’s squad.
# ronan-ogara - Saturday 2 March, 2013
Munster’s playoff hopes take a hit as they draw with Ospreys in Limerick
There was very little to separate the two sides in Thomond.
The 10 greatest Irish double-acts of all time
Two heads are better than one, it takes two to tango, twice as nice, double the fun etc etc.
# ronan-ogara - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
10 reasons why Ronan O’Gara and Robbie Keane are practically the same person
Have you ever seen them in the same room?
# ronan-ogara - Monday 25 February, 2013
6 Nations: ‘Rope-a-dope’ Scotland effort delights Johnson
The Australian coach cited the spirit of Zaire after beating Ireland in Edinburgh.
# ronan-ogara - Sunday 24 February, 2013
Match report: Scotland rally to down out of sorts Ireland
It is the first time the Scots have won back-to-back Six Nations matches since 2001
How Twitter reacted to Scotland v Ireland
The site’s users were not impressed by Ronan O’Gara, Declan Kidney and Paddy Jackson, among others.
VIDEO: Here is Ronan O’Gara’s appalling brain freeze against Scotland
The Munster outhalf had a shocker as he came on for the misfiring Paddy Jackson.
VIDEO: Here’s a promo clip for Ireland v Scotland to get you in the mood for today’s game
Paddy Jackson’s selection is unsurprisingly focused on.
# ronan-ogara - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Rumour has it: Forced to gamble, Kidney opts to twist rather than stick
Last night, an apparently leaked Ireland starting line-up bore the name Jackson rather than O’Gara.
POLL: Declan Kidney is set to pick Paddy Jackson ahead of Ronan O’Gara… is it the right call?
The unproven Ulster star is to start against Scotland.
# ronan-ogara - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
‘I’m totally confident Paddy could step up and do the job for Ireland’ – Luke Marshall
The Ulster centre may also benefit from an international call-up if he comes through this weekend’s game against Treviso.
# ronan-ogara - Monday 11 February, 2013
Opinion: The great 10 debate is back, but O’Gara should be discounted
Ireland’s heroic old out-half can’t be allowed tarnish his legend any further.
# ronan-ogara - Monday 28 January, 2013
In pictures: Ireland’s 6 Nations hopefuls gear up for Wales trip
Declan Kidney’s squad were put through their paces at Carton House today.
# ronan-ogara - Friday 25 January, 2013
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Jonny Sexton leaving Leinster
It’s official: Jonny Sexton will leave Leinster. And here’s what Twitter made of it all.



























































