Although a tough watch for Leinster supporters, rugby fans were loving Ronan O'Gara's passionate reaction to seeing his La Rochelle side win a second successive Heineken Champions Cup.
The Munster legend was the picture of intensity throughout the final at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
And it was all going wrong for his La Rochelle side early on as Leinster came out firing with three early tries to give them a 17-0 lead.
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But the 46-year-old has fostered a tremendous team spirit in the French side, and they kept gnawing at the lead of the Blues.
And a Georges-Henri Colombe Reazel try and a Hastoy conversion put them ahead in the match in the closing stages before they held off a final Leinster effort at the death.
The cameras cut to the La Rochelle management team when the final whistle went on a 27-26 victory, and O'Gara was euphoric as he punched the air in delight.
O'Gara has now won two Heineken Champions Cups as a coach after winning the competition twice in his Munster playing days.
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