Munster’s O’Mahony is concentrating on club before country

Peter O’Mahony’s targeted return to action from two shoulder reconstructions suggests the Six Nations-winning back row has his eye on Ireland’s November Tests but the Munster captain insists provincial obligations are his number one priority.

O'Mahony, who turns 25 in mid-September, hopes to back in a red jersey by early October at the latest following a dislocated left shoulder that ended his season early into Munster's Heineken Cup quarter-final victory over Toulouse last April and brought forward intended reconstructive surgery on his right shoulder as well.

Those two trips to the operating table meant O'Mahony missed not only Munster's league and European semi-finals at the back end of last season but also Ireland's summer tour to Argentina.