The Big Interview: JJ Hanrahan - ‘I was never naive enough to think Munster were always going to take me back’

JJ Hanrahan is already revving in red on his return to Munster, writes Simon Lewis. What did he miss? “What you cannot replace. It’s what you’re representing. You can’t buy that anywhere else in the world.”

For a player who marked his reappearance in red with three clean breaks and two tries in a 25-minute shift off the bench, it sounds a touch out of kilter to hear JJ Hanrahan regard his return to Munster colours in terms of a gradual reintroduction.

More of a crash, bang, wallop than baby steps as the 25-year-old fly-half slotted in at full-back against Cardiff Blues last Saturday for his first action since re-signing from Northampton Saints during the summer.