Photo: Clément Bucco-Lechat / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What grabs me about O'Gara isn't just the numbers, staggering as they are, but the geography of the man: born in San Diego, yet utterly synonymous with Irish rugby. A fly-half is a team's brain, and the great ones rarely fade quietly into retirement. So it tracks that he reinvented himself as a serious coach in France's Top 14. I read his career as a study in adopted identity and applied intelligence. He didn't just rack up points and caps for Ireland; he understood the game well enough to keep shaping it from the touchline. That second act earns my deeper respect.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ronan O'Gara
- Name (Japanese)
- ローナン・オガーラ
- Reading
- ろーなん・おがーら
- Born
- March 7, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- San Diego, California, United States
- Height
- 183 cm
- Occupation
- rugby union player / rugby union coach
2. Background
- University
- University College Cork
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Ronan O'Gara born?
Born March 7, 1977 (age 49).
Where is Ronan O'Gara from?
Ronan O'Gara is from San Diego, California, United States.
What does Ronan O'Gara do?
Ronan O'Gara works as rugby union player, rugby union coach.
How tall is Ronan O'Gara?
Ronan O'Gara is 183 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.