Those who attended this week’s World Rugby Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Rugby, across the road from William Webb Ellis’s old playing fields, were fortunate indeed. To listen to the former All Black great Bryan Williams, France’s masterful Pierre Villepreux and Wales’s long-serving lock Liza Burgess was a pleasure; to eavesdrop on casually brilliant speeches from Agustín Pichot and John Eales on the power of rugby fellowship was to be further reminded there is more to sport, and those who play it, than next weekend’s result.
Quietly perched on the furthest stool was another instantly recognisable face with some compelling stories to tell. Ronan O’Gara still looks extremely trim for a 41-year-old who gave up playing five years ago and has been on the coaching road ever since.
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