Ronan O'Gara and Ruby Walsh treated the audience in Cork this morning at the Clarion Hotel at the Irish Examiner breakfest seminar and some wonderful titbits came out of the event.
O'Gara spoke about all things from that Late Late show comment to JJ Hanrahan, and all things in between - which also happens to include a zinger about George Hook - while Ruby Walsh opened up on Tony McCoy and nerves while there were some tips for Cheltenham.
O'Gara was the highlight of the event, and his thoughts on George Hook and the RTE Panel were brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N38BQbm_ejE
O'Gara then had several one-liners, the best of which commented on his RTE colleague. Ronan O'Gara and George Hook made headlines three weeks ago when O'Gara asked RTE's senior pundit Hook to pull his pants down. This time though, O'Gara commented on Hook's fondness for watching 'golf'.
Looking ahead this weekend, O'Gara believes that Ireland will win a close match by about 4 points, but is intrigued to see George Ford again:
DL: "P Stringer used to buy George Ford ice cream, you didn't." ROG: "Strings got money from Rala, he still has Communion money." #rogruby
— Denis Hurley (@Denis_Hurley) February 27, 2015
O'Gara then revealed that he blames himself for Munster's Heineken Cup final loss in 2000, and thinks that it was too long for them to finally break their European duck in 2006.
He also revealed that he used to joke with the Ulster contingent in Ireland camp about their own Heineken Cup success, saying that the Heineken Cup was only relevant because Munster started taking it seriously in the noughties.
ROG: "Ulster won a Mickey Mouse Heineken Cup. That's what I say to Andrew Trimble and the lads.." #rogruby pic.twitter.com/jkVrhpQg1l
— Irish Examiner Sport (@ExaminerSport) February 27, 2015
For more, including O'Gara's thoughts on the size of rugby players, Ruby Walsh on Tony McCoy and some Cheltenham tips click here for more
