New year but no point sugar-coating Munster malaise

New Year’s resolutions? Don’t believe in them, writes Ronan O’Gara

Is it too corny to say I want to be the best I can be? Ever since Paul Darbyshire died, I look at things differently. I don’t look too far ahead.

You can make all the great plans — and I’ve had a few offers here and there — but you have to look after the now in terms of a professional career. Every week, there’s new challenges at Racing 92. It’s fascinating and intense. If I didn’t feel I was making a difference, I’d be gone out the gap. We have some serious players, Dan Carter coming in, Juan Imhoff, Joe Rocokoco, Chris Masoe. It’s a really good environment, but it’s taken two years to create.