La Rochelle-Clermont: VIDEO – “It’s love”, when Ronan O’Gara makes a statement to Christophe Urios!

During the match between La Rochelle and Clermont, at one point we could see the two coaches coming out of the locker room, shaking hands and talking to each other. A nice image to see and not usual because the two coaches experienced much less cordial exchanges. Remember in 2022, when Urios almost slapped Ronan O' Gara after he encouraged his players a little too hard in front of him…

Only love between O'Gara and Urios

But on Saturday, we were far from the slap. And Ronan O'Gara reacted to this handshake and this exchange with his Clermont counterpart, saying very sympathetic words about him. Like a little declaration even, with a little smile: “It's been maybe five years since I last spoke to Christophe. I know it's a very competitive environment but it's good; I shook his hand before the match and now it's love”.

Is this ironic or not? In any case, there seemed to be no tension in the air. And that's so much the better.