Trust Dan Carter to have the most pimped out man cave in all of Paris.
Ronan O’Gara was awarded the Freedom of Cork this week and he was in flying form on the day of the big announcement. The former Munster and Ireland outhalf was part of a quality panel on The Hard Yards rugby podcast and he shared a previously well-kept secret about Dan Carter.
The All Blacks legend is playing with O’Gara’s Racing 92 and currently possesses an altogether swankier man cave than fellow Kiwi Isaac Boss ever managed to put together during his days up at Ulster. O’Gara said:
“I haven’t got the nod yet. That’d be one of life’s goals. At the minute, it’s kind of reserved for his Kiwi bros and the [Pacific] Islanders.
“It wouldn’t be a small pad he has in Paris either. I think he has a gym on one side of the house and a man cave on the other.”
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O’Gara remarked that he sacrificed his very own Parisian man cave for a house with a tiny piece of a back garden. “I can barely fit a single slide in there and if the kids go at a wrong angle, they sort of graze a knee off a wall.”
In studio with @mikemccarthy6 @theTOKpirate and @andymcgeady (with @RonanOGara10 on the phone) for the latest episode of #TheHardYards pic.twitter.com/mWtBowvhNV
— Pat McCarry (@patmccarry) May 11, 2017
McCarthy and Boss were in good form too as the reminisced on crazy nights out and the players you’d want to avoid at awards ceremonies.
Here’s what’s coming up on Episode 15 of The Hard Yards:
1:40 – The lads chats about pints at the Rugby Players Ireland award night
6:23 – Isaac Boss talks about his old man cave and ROG tells us about Dan Carter’s in Paris
8:30 – The guys’ reaction to Ireland drawing Scotland and Japan in their World Cup pool
12:40 – ROG gives his take on all that Jamie Heaslip reaction ‘outrage’
15:35 – Isaac Boss talks about some of his friends playing in Japanese rugby
18:46 – Mike talks about playing in Japan with Jonny Wilkinson and Newcastle in 2006
20:10 – Isaac, Mike and Andy discuss the food in Japan
22:00 – Mike names a few of the best up-and-coming second rows in Irish rugby
24:15 – ROG’s reaction to extending the residency rule to five years
27:50 – The effect the new rule change will have on recruitment of young players
29:09 – ROG on getting the freedom of Cork, plus Isaac and Mike’s reactions to that news
32:27 – Is this the most low key Champions Cup final build-up ever?
34:30 – What Mike and Leinster learned about Clermont in the semi final defeat?
37:17 – Isaac gives great insight into Saracens’ Irish coach Mark McCall
40:00 – Mike on the beast that is Maro Itoje
42:23 – Predictions for the Champions Cup Final
43:00 – SportsJOE’s Pat McCarry interviews Conor Murray
51:00 – Isaac Boss goes into detail about the extra work a scrum half needs to do to succeed at the highest level
54:55 – Mike on his box-kicking skills
57:10 – Ladbrokes’ Hayley O’Connor gives us the latest World Cup odds and a few bets for the Champions Cup final
