Ronan O'Gara will bring his La Rochelle side back 'home’ ahead of their Investec Champions Cup rematch with Leinster.
The double champions beat Stormers in the last-16 on Saturday and face a repeat of the last two finals against Leinster, who beat the Leicester Tigers at the weekend.
After the Leinster game, RTÉ Sport revealed that the former Ireland and Munster out-half was planning to bring his side to Cork early this week to prepare for the Aviva Stadium fixture (Saturday, 5.30pm, live on RTÉ).
It is believed they will set up camp at the Fota Island resort.
"As Ronan said last year, Dublin's not home, Cork’s home when he came to us for the final," RTÉ Rugby analyst Bernard Jackman said.
Rochelle rebel yell! Rog set to bring Stade Rochelais back 'home' ahead of #LEIvSR #ChampionsCup rematch #RTERugby #RTESport pic.twitter.com/jhKfLhqdSe
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) April 8, 2024
"Being different, yeah, I love this. This is a proper rivalry now. And you would say it’s one-sided. I know Leinster won a group game but La Rochelle have won the last three knock-out games.
"That would be brilliant of ROG and he can do his Examiner [column] and podcast from Cork.
"Yeah, get to Ireland quickly rather than come in late.
"In France, they call it like an 'army camp’, ‘stàge’, for big games they love to go away and spend four or five or six days after and build towards it.
"It’s not unheard of, it’s unusual for us because we like to stick to our processes but I think it’s great."
Meanwhile, Ultan Dillane revealed that O’Gara laid some home truths on the table at half-time during their win in Cape Town when they found themselves 16-0 down.
They would have been knocked out but for Manie Libbok missing a conversion attempt at the death.
"At half-time, ROG had very serious words to say to us," said the former Connacht and Ireland forward after the 22-21 win.
"We were very frustrated. When we came back [in the second half], we had to go straight ahead, not to complicate the game.
Bienvenue à Cork @staderochelais et @RonanOGara10 🏉
— Cork Airport (@CorkAirport) April 8, 2024
It was our great pleasure to welcome the La Rochelle squad who flew in from Paris this morning ahead of their Champions Cup quarter-final clash against Leinster next weekend! pic.twitter.com/OIePWswDjU
"It hurt them, and it gave us confidence, we thought they were going to crack. And in the end, we were lucky."
Full-back Brice Dulin added: "Ronan made one of his famous 'Franglais' speeches with a lot of words that we can't repeat.
"But we knew we needed to be more active and actors in our game."
Watch Leinster v La Rochelle in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday from 5pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to updates on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1
