Ronan O'Gara handed five week suspension for 'actions against a match official'

Ronan O'Gara handed five week suspension for 'actions against a match official'

The La Rochelle head coach was sanctioned for his “threatening acts or words towards a match official” during their Top 14 defeat to Toulon at the end of January.

The Irish technician had only been blamed by the League commission for "incorrection of a match official" in the match against Toulon.

La Rochelle, seventh in the standings, has the right to appeal the suspension.

The manager of the Stade Rochelais, who was later summoned by the disciplinary commission at the initiative of both the presidents of the Ligue nationale de rugby (LNR) and the Fédération Française de rugby (FFR) at the end of March, after his attitude on the lawn at the Mayol stadium in Toulon in January with a heavy defeat of his team (45-26) against the RCT, had only been blamed in the first instance (like his club) and a fine of 3,000 euros …

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara receives 5-week suspension

The former Ireland fly-half was found guilty of ‘actions against a match official’.

After his words to the referee of the match Toulon - La Rochelle on January 26th, Ronan O的Gara was suspended five weeks by the FFR's appeal comission.