Coaching uncertainty shouldn't affect Munster's chase for prizes, says O'Gara

Three confirmed departures from the brains trust and just one sure of staying on but former hero insists players can focus on short term

Closing time: Munster head coach Johann van Graan will soon be saying farewell to the province.

Ronan O’Gara feels the lack of any white smoke in the search for a new top man at Munster will not unduly bother the province’s players as they go about chasing silverware on two fronts.

Confirmation that Johann van Graan would be departing the club for Bath dropped in the middle of December, just weeks after Stephen Larkham’s decision to finish up as attack coach, also at the end of the season.