Life in spotlight sits uneasily with Donnacha Ryan

Donnacha Ryan likes to lose himself in Paris when he isn’t doing his day job with Racing 92.

He may perform in front of thousands of people but the attention on him as an individual doesn’t sit well on a personal basis so the anonymity of the French capital has an obvious appeal and one he will likely eagerly embrace on his return from Bilbao.

There is no escaping the spotlight for him right here right now. The Nenagh man accompanied co-coach Laurent Travers and captain Yannick Nyanga to yesterday’s media event and found himself facing 50% of the enquiries from the floor.