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Ronan O’Gara faces year ban from sideline if he goes offside again
La Rochelle head coach showed remarkable restraint following touchline push with threat of 52-week suspension hanging over him
Ronan O’Gara feared being handed a year-long sideline ban if he retaliated to being pushed by Clermont Auvergne out-half Benjamin Urdapilleta on the fringes of a Top 14 match side last week.
As the ball dropped out of the sky, O’Gara, who was standing on the edge of his technical area, and Urdapilleta collided as the Argentinian chased the kick over the sideline.
The sight of O’Gara, the La Rochelle head coach, being shoved, twice, ...
