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We came to target Barton, admits La Rochelle’s O’Gara

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O’Gara says the French club came to Kingsholm with the gameplan set up to disrupt George Barton
La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara

LA ROCHELLE’S head coach, the former Ireland star, Ronan O’Gara, revealed there had been a plan to target George Barton.
He said: “We were supposed to go after him but we didn’t do that in the end. He had a good game but we wanted to make it much harder for him.
“There are some very good players in our team and we have a great mix and variety. There is a big emphasis in the northern hemisphere on the ruck but what I learned from my time at Crusaders was that you need to keep the ball alive.”
La Rochelle’s director of rugby, Jono Gibbes, said: “We realised they weren’t going to give up. We wa...

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