Ronan O’Gara’s expletive-laden, Irish-French rugby union team talk goes viral

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9 ай бұрын

Ronan O'Gara, the former Ireland international who coaches French club La Rochelle, has lit up the internet with a pep talk to his team that seamlessly blended French with English swearing, graced with a Cork accent.
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Пікірлер: 189

@EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME 9 ай бұрын

Leaving cert French orals be like:

@innocentprincess1514 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@tyronefox3528 9 ай бұрын

Fact!! 😂😂

@johnnyryan656 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant 😂

@daysofmkty3029 8 ай бұрын

Stop

@jetblackhair92 9 ай бұрын

The swear words made me understand French a little bit easier though 😂

@johnmc3862 9 ай бұрын

😂

@naturearoundtheworld2425 8 ай бұрын

😂😂

@ConorD1990 8 ай бұрын

Same it gave me something to build the sentence around I guess.

@stuarth43 8 ай бұрын

moi aussi, mais ne jouer pas Le Rugby ah rugby the greatest game dans le monde entier, ferk yeah

@schnozz87 Ай бұрын

@@ConorD1990yeah you work backwards from the swear words, piece it together with the half dozen French words I actually understand and it all sort of makes sense 😂

@belsonicboom1109 7 ай бұрын

What an inspirational line to finish a team talk! “I train the F@#€ing best team in the world, now show it to me” 👊🏻

@michelcoicaud6888 3 ай бұрын

Génial. Ça c'est un chef, un très grand.

@alexbellin8197 8 ай бұрын

You would've thought this was a before a game, not a training session. What a fabulous leader.

@paulpurves484 8 ай бұрын

Total legend I didn’t think it was possible for him to go up in my estimation but he’s smashed it, what a top lad.

@louisekirwan7172 9 ай бұрын

He is an absolute legend - priceless!

@sumboi2321 8 ай бұрын

it's easy to see why O'Gara played in a golden generation for Ireland and Munster, as well as why he's an Irish rugby legend. There's no egos in that La Rochelle team, just 23 players looking to be the best in the world

@pascalanglard2604 8 ай бұрын

A great player, coach and french speaker !! An irish wonder 😊

@amt4628 7 ай бұрын

Excuse my French has a whole new meaning! 😂

@stabcitySB 2 ай бұрын

Hahahahah ah man, well said.

@aidygooner 8 ай бұрын

Treat adults like adults, not pampered kids. 👏👏

@Spud607 9 ай бұрын

His French is more understandable than his English I'd say 😂😂😂

@johnmc3862 9 ай бұрын

Vive le Cork!

@DavidWilliams-uw4xf 9 ай бұрын

Bravo Ronan, il fait de la discipline!

@HtutWin 9 ай бұрын

Now that's a coach.

@paulturner9765 9 ай бұрын

Ronan. At his brilliant best….How to motivate a team. 1:25

@fredrik8500 8 ай бұрын

Source: dude just trust me

@monkeybudge 7 ай бұрын

@@fredrik8500 Would the team winning a final provide a source for the claim

@fredrik8500 7 ай бұрын

@@monkeybudge in the words of a true baller: "motivation comes from within. It comes from who you are, your DNA, your background and what you stand for"

@monkeybudge 7 ай бұрын

@@fredrik8500 That’s funny, because thats pretty much his exact philosophy. To let the players be themselves and who they are. You should look up his interview with rugby pass about 3 weeks ago

@iannsinger5760 9 ай бұрын

Genuinely helpful for learning French

@Sean-qo8dj 9 ай бұрын

Emily in Paris would look like this if you’d put an irish caracter

@pheasantplucker6117 9 ай бұрын

Love it . Nice one Roj

@user-eo7gl4yq2u 7 ай бұрын

Ronan O Gara surprises me a lot. Wont be shocked if he coaches Ireland one day

@briangarvey2202 4 ай бұрын

Oh man that will be scenes

@seanriain Ай бұрын

Not a chance

@mildman1682 8 ай бұрын

Honestly, he just sounds like he's from Quebec.

@Uxuh10 7 ай бұрын

The French cork accent is gas

@TheSMILINGJOE 9 ай бұрын

Pardon my French...

@SpaceMonkeyGVTV 9 ай бұрын

trop bon!

@MarcoIdolo 21 күн бұрын

Some people laugh at him speaking but that's actually incredible, he speaks with confidence, very nice.

@anarchocyclist 7 ай бұрын

What balls that guy must have to yell at a room of athletes in below A1 french

@adrianogara9756 9 ай бұрын

Epic!

@GG-tc8cr 9 ай бұрын

Legend

@Natedawg38 6 ай бұрын

Really want this guy on Irelands coaching ticket

@stabcitySB 8 ай бұрын

Just imagine you play for La Rochelle and ROG says he’s coaching “the best team in the world”… if that doesn’t fill you with certainty I don’t know what will.

@philbotherobot 9 ай бұрын

Class

@stephenevans6241 8 ай бұрын

nailed it!

@hdg0pc70 9 ай бұрын

Passion from Ronan.

@TPRM1 8 ай бұрын

It’s “La Ronan” now.

@patfarget-nm3mt 8 ай бұрын

French is my mother tongue and I understood everything even without subtitles... when it comes from the heart and the guts and without pretense.... Shaun Edwards in the French team has more work but the same principle applies..... 👍😂

@willslingwood 7 ай бұрын

Fact! English people think there’s a problem with his French because he doesn’t regard the language as a joke. French and Irish people just see a fella from Cork delivering a solid talk.

@thehighlander959 8 ай бұрын

What I like is... He does not suffer Fools gladly.

@finbarrcorcoran9342 8 ай бұрын

Close your eyes and imagine Roy Keane speaking French....

@celticwinter09 8 ай бұрын

That's not his job

@carmelhegarty9829 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🙏🇮🇪🙏

@timkelliher2453 9 ай бұрын

legend

@paulofollowtheredsohes5180 7 ай бұрын

It's franglais, very intéressant speach

@fleshen 8 ай бұрын

I wish he had been my French Teacher at school it would have been easir!

@stevenbissett 8 ай бұрын

Charming character.

@eamonlyons8318 8 ай бұрын

Cannot wait until he's Ireland coach. World Cup every 4 years

@liamvisser2798 8 ай бұрын

You can see how this turns into Quebecois almost. Irishmen speaking french over time adds the twang to Quebecois.

@stabcitySB 2 ай бұрын

Are you Quebecois? That is such a sharp observation bro. Like Newfoundland & Labrador to the northeast, who have Irish-esque pronunciation of English. That is a wicked sharp observation. Very cool 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

@liamvisser2798 2 ай бұрын

@@stabcitySB so funny story my mum is born and raised in MTL of Irish heritage… I’d hear her speak French and I see similarities between this video and her french

@stabcitySB Ай бұрын

@@liamvisser2798 that is so cool man! How you picked up on those subtleties based on an Irish fella speaking French and probably not perfect French according to French speakers but certainly better than mine haha. That is mightily impressive, credit to you!

@gregorygout Ай бұрын

I am glad somebody else noticed this...I am a French living in Ireland and when I tried to explain to some local friends he sounded French Canadian sometimes they were incredulous

@unakennelly Ай бұрын

@@stabcitySBI watched a true crime programme from St. John's once, and their accents were pure Tipperary/Waterford. Couldn't believe it.

@condorone1501 9 ай бұрын

I'm Fluent in French now.😂

@LeMerch 9 ай бұрын

CORKONIAN FRENCH!

@thomashernandez8700 9 ай бұрын

What? Cork?

@LeMerch Ай бұрын

@@thomashernandez8700 oui, he is from Cork in Irlande

@ben4216 8 ай бұрын

He's got the accent down pat.

@canadianmadduck8932 3 ай бұрын

C'est presque notre Langue ici. Québec!

@HvonC 8 ай бұрын

He should join the legion - make a great Caporal Chef!

@quentinquentin6752 9 ай бұрын

He should have been coaching England but they went with Borthwick. Well we know how that worked out!! He knows how to get the most out of a team. La Rochelle are a transformed team.

@zombievikinggaming4258 8 ай бұрын

@@BaBa-uh2sjA job is a job. O'Gara is a professional

@EclecticSceptic 7 ай бұрын

@@zombievikinggaming4258 Doubt it. He wouldn't shake the Queen's hand (fair play to him), plus he has other options.

@vicvicking1990 7 ай бұрын

@@EclecticScepticWell he would have to dig the hand out first

@jzlmp266 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 proper hilarious, your a legend Rogy😂😂😂

@ewangent 8 ай бұрын

Sounds almost Québécois

@patsheridan5096 9 ай бұрын

The translation was kind to him!

@dhalsim-1 7 ай бұрын

French with bad language in a cork accent. Perfect combination.

@LeMerch 9 ай бұрын

The fighting irish.. you guys kicked the brits out during their empire... kudos and respect

@Spud607 9 ай бұрын

SIUUUUUU

@CaptNeeda 9 ай бұрын

Doing him a disservice - he’s a much more nuanced and intelligent man to be labelled as such

@Spud607 9 ай бұрын

@CaptNeeda it's something we're proud of, though. Cork man like him, I can guarantee he wouldn't be too miffed with that statement. We call it rebel country in Ireland for a reason.

@sheronasims6783 8 ай бұрын

Just like the Vietnamese did to you and Algeria. Oh wait? France had a nasty old empire too did they? 😳

@darkstarr2321 8 ай бұрын

Proper, especially coming from a Frenchman who had quite a large empire themselves. Also not quite accurate as NI is still part of the UK @@bsell5175

@Padraigcoelfir 9 ай бұрын

Send this bloke in Canada and we would say he is a true born Canadian.

@Padraigcoelfir 9 ай бұрын

New-Brunswick French may sound a lot, I mean a whole lot like that. Or any bilingual Canadian that learnt French from an English background. Really close to Quebec French too.

@TheyCallMeDr_J 9 ай бұрын

All that was missing was the Tabarnac and Câlisse

@Headhunter_212 9 ай бұрын

Bon Mec.

@DavidR-hg3lp 8 ай бұрын

Send him some poutine ...... CANADA needs a coach like that

@Padraigcoelfir 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I am pretty sure he could coach the Maple Leafs to get the Stanley cup, Last time they won it, I wasn't born. @@DavidR-hg3lp

@Woodyjims-shack 9 ай бұрын

Haven't a clue what he was saying. But I know what he meant!

@dondestura4720 19 күн бұрын

sounds he's from Montreal?

@honestdeal7426 8 ай бұрын

Ronan please come back to Ireland.

@matthewmccandless6410 7 ай бұрын

Its like the policeman from Allo Allo..😂😂

@decdillon7389 8 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏

@raypurchase1239 3 ай бұрын

Leader.

@Wolf-hh4rv 8 ай бұрын

what language is that?

@Raisonnance. 8 ай бұрын

Ce n'est pas si mauvais ! On comprend suffisamment

@SMacCuUladh 7 ай бұрын

ca suffit!

@user-ne1gp5xk8z 3 ай бұрын

HILARIOUS😅

@KnuxDeluxe 3 ай бұрын

More passionate than any Rugby League talk... Not sure how this bloke missed the tall ships down south

@patrickenright3874 9 ай бұрын

England need a coach like him

@theleesidesnowman1127 9 ай бұрын

I don’t think you’ll get a cork boy to do it tho

@alcoyne3333333333333 8 ай бұрын

No way . He'll take over from Andy in a few year's

@JoostMehrtens 8 ай бұрын

One who speaks French? Why?

@zombievikinggaming4258 8 ай бұрын

@@alcoyne3333333333333Unless somehow Ireland win the World Cup, then you won't see Andy out of a job to at least another World Cup cycle

@abdvs325 8 ай бұрын

@@zombievikinggaming4258 Surely Andy's destined for the England job after Ireland win the world cup

@michealjones9863 8 ай бұрын

speaking in tongues. French English Irish, there was a cupla focail in there for everyone.

@cigh7445 7 ай бұрын

Cúpla focal a gharsún, (or should I say garçon?)

@Shamo-yc4vy 7 ай бұрын

And that was just before training😂

@raymonddixon7603 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately they were destroyed!!!

@MrAhuapai 7 ай бұрын

No need for subtitles to get the point of what O'Gara was talking about.

@MOSSFEEN 8 ай бұрын

How to speak French like a Cork Feen Part 1 Tres Bien

@ConorD1990 8 ай бұрын

Tell me you are from Cork without saying your are from Cork....

@TheLastAngryMan01 8 ай бұрын

What’s the French word for beure? ;)

@ed7384 8 ай бұрын

Great coach even better comedian

@mattmeade983 8 ай бұрын

I hope there’s a translator to help the poor French lads understand that…

@francoisdutoit6094 8 ай бұрын

Wow, didn't know I could understand Gaelic!

@lawrencewinter 7 ай бұрын

Haha, this is proper

@NorthernStare 2 ай бұрын

I can see this man managing England to a grand slam some day, after he's won 6 with Ireland

@douglasyoung9320 7 ай бұрын

If only they taught French like that when I was at school.

@geoffaldwinckle1096 9 ай бұрын

How to make the french laugh

@markwillies7666 9 ай бұрын

He just needed to be wearing a beret, holding a baguette, pouring a glass of red wine, having a plate of fromage in front of him and smoking an unfiltered Gauloises, shrugging his shoulders and the transition to Frenchess would have been completed.

@red-one5923 7 ай бұрын

Bro stop it

@columkenn 5 ай бұрын

And maybe a fine handlebar moustache)

@gazzarooosh 8 ай бұрын

Did they win?

@SMacCuUladh 7 ай бұрын

bien sur

@WestAuckland_islander 9 ай бұрын

French with a Irish accent 🤨

@quentinquentin6752 9 ай бұрын

You expect him to switch to a Parisian or Brittany accent ?

@WestAuckland_islander 9 ай бұрын

@@quentinquentin6752 nah not really

@stuarth43 8 ай бұрын

moi aussi, mais ne jouer pas Le Rugby ah rugby the greatest game dans le monde entier, ferk yeah

@dominicgrant4464 13 күн бұрын

Ici sandymount

@mtw9471 8 ай бұрын

He's no Andy Farrell

@barrysamson5139 3 ай бұрын

There's even an Irish lilt in Ronan's French.

@Emtrax. 8 ай бұрын

Have you ever heard a french person speak english in an english accent, but with french apparently you have too.

@Driver2616 Ай бұрын

What?

@Emtrax. Ай бұрын

@@Driver2616 I thought I explained that fairly well. When a French person speaks english, they still speak in a French accent. So what's the problem if someone who speaks english, speaks French in a non French accent.

@Driver2616 Ай бұрын

@@Emtrax.: Sorry Eoin. So what you’re saying is that when ROG speaks French he speaks it with the accent of a langer…..

@Emtrax. Ай бұрын

@@Driver2616 Exactly

@Paulfieldz 3 ай бұрын

I'm gonna go out on a wild card here, but if a Coach spoke down to me it wouldn't provoke the warrior instinct in me I say this as an Irish man

@LeMerch Ай бұрын

At what point did he speak down to any individual. Also, that just means you're weak and wouldn't be able to last on an elite sports teams because you can't handle your emotions.

@Taidgh17 7 ай бұрын

Shishkin will get the hc job after farrell

@willslingwood 7 ай бұрын

It’s not “Irish-French”?

@KarenMariaMcCormack 3 ай бұрын

Hiberno-Franglais

@michaelschultz3230 8 ай бұрын

Duncan McRae

@seanoreilly1734 8 ай бұрын

French with a cork accent😂

@anthonyrevins4622 8 ай бұрын

Corque

@KhanyoMjamba 8 ай бұрын

Excuse his French

@thelolguy007 8 ай бұрын

Imagine if this was the Irish soccer girls, he’d be fired 🤣🤣🤣 Go ROG 👏👏👏👏👊

@TPRM1 8 ай бұрын

Well yeah, because he’d be speaking the wrong language.

@daggaboom 8 ай бұрын

@@TPRM1about the wrong game.

@TheyCallMeDr_J 9 ай бұрын

Quebecois or Northern Ontario, Canada dialect for sure!!! 😅

@999andyb 9 ай бұрын

it needs a bit more, " we are excited, we want to get better., we are on a journey ....did I mention we are excited?"...

@runTommie 9 ай бұрын

He should tell the whole team: “Je suis très excité!” That’ll get their attention.

@ferdinandimposter691 8 ай бұрын

J'ai un chien et un cochon d'inde. Je joue au football gaelique aussi

@nigelp4328 8 ай бұрын

Duolingo?

@leoniekeohane3932 28 күн бұрын

The

@Driver2616 Ай бұрын

What a f…ing bluffer!!!

@antonellaluque4532 7 ай бұрын

Comical haha

@Martini923 8 ай бұрын

How many Brits living abroad never made the effort to learn a language,

@oisinmtom 8 ай бұрын

Why are you bringing the brits into this?

@darkstarr2321 8 ай бұрын

Totally agree and why bring Brits into it. This is an Irish lad talking to french guys - weird@cianmacgana9092

@darkstarr2321 8 ай бұрын

Exactly, very odd@@oisinmtom

@NorthernStare 2 ай бұрын

lolz... they allz speak englush in Spainland innit