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Irish coach of French rugby team a hit with franglais pep talk

Former Ireland international Ronan O’Gara, now coach for French rugby club La Rochelle, has become an internet and social media star after a video began circulating showing him giving the team a rousing pre-match pep talk in expletive-laden franglais, telling them 'L’opportunité est fucking énorme'.

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French may be the language of Baudelaire, Rimbaud and Voltaire, but sometimes it takes a rugby player from Cork to inject extra oomph, reports The Guardian.

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