'We could do without some of the drama' but Niall Scannell just focussed on winning end to Munster career

Scannell, 34, will leave the province in the grips of drama on and off the field.

END IN SIGHT: Munster's Niall Scannell in training. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon.

When you have spent as much time as Niall Scannell has as a Munster player, you learn to differentiate between the drama you can control and the stuff you really have to let go.

The former Ireland hooker is about to leave that kind of decision-making behind after 15 years on the books, 13 seasons with the senior squad and 210 appearances for his home province, plus 20 Test caps.