What now for the man who owes us nothing?

If Ronan O’Gara still has some sleeping to do on the matter of his plans for next season, Munster head coach Rob Penney must be praying that the fly-half’s dreams are all of his glory days in red.

The 36-year-old once again showed his worth to the province at the weekend as he spearheaded Munster’s valiant but ultimately unsuccessful fight-back against ASM Clermont Auvergne in Montpellier.

That it was O’Gara’s 110th Heineken Cup game and his 10th semi-final suggested to some that it might well be his last for after 13 seasons, Ireland’s most capped player must decide whether to accept Munster’s offer of a one-year contract or go for enticing alternatives overseas and begin a new chapter in his life on a coaching path that he hopes one day will lead him into the hot seat Penney currently occupies.