Central contracts away from the focus as Peter O’Mahony looks to matters on the pitch

Yet as one of eight centrally contracted players still to resolve his future beyond next summer, O’Mahony, 31, was not about to start asking for pity

Ireland's Peter O’Mahony and Alun Wyn Jones of Wales contest a line-out during the Nations Cup clash. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

The sporting mantra “control the controllables” and don’t worry about the rest applies to IRFU contract negotiations as far as Peter O’Mahony is concerned.

IRFU performance director David Nucifora on Monday confirmed new deals for more than 50% of Irish professional rugby players out of contract at the end of June would not get underway until at least the New Year due to the financial uncertainty facing the sport’s governing body on this island in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.