Last Saturday's Heineken Champions Cup final saw La Rochelle triumph over Leinster, and with Ronan O'Gara and Johnny Sexton at the forefront, it presented another chapter in the pair's rivalry.
In the lead-up to the decider, La Rochelle head coach O'Gara was glowing in his praise of Sexton, paying tribute to the improvement in his game and pointing to last summer's Lions snub as a motivating factor for the Leinster man.
He said: "That [Lions snub] would have hurt him deeply, so now it’s another example of his excellent resilience that now he’s coming back.
