Hanrahan learning to focus on controlling the controllables

JJ Hanrahan knows there’s an opportunity to stake a claim for a European quarter-final start when Munster face Zebre in Limerick tomorrow night but since a lightbulb moment with Alby Mathewson earlier this season, the fly-half will not waste energy worrying about it.

Hamstring troubles for Munster first-choice 10 Joey Carbery that cut short his involvement in Ireland’s Six Nations campaign have rolled over into the provincial season as it turns towards a critical phase.