Donnacha Ryan’s move into coaching at La Rochelle for next season has been confirmed by Racing 92 president Jacky Lorenzetti. The switch to join Ronan O’Gara’s coaching staff after was first revealed by the Irish Examiner last month. “François Trinh-Duc will play in Bordeaux for a year, Donnacha Ryan is joining La Rochelle as a coach, Antonie Claassen will be a player-coach at Suresnes, Dominici Bird has unfortunately returned to New Zealand for personal reasons. It was very bad news.”It is believed that Ryan has inked a three-year deal with La Rochelle. He has remained a central figure with the Parisian club and played 23 times last season but was not offered a contract extension.

Source: Irish Examiner July 06, 2021 09:54 UTC