31-year-old JJ Hanrahan feels at home with Connacht after several stints abroad.
WHEN JJ HANRAHAN told his father that he had signed for Connacht last year, there was only one real concern.The wind coming in off Galway Bay is notoriously wild, meaning place-kickers can have tough nights at Connacht ’s Dexcom Stadium, but Hanrahan has managed it well.
“Whereas here, you have to be so on your strike. It’s like links golf essentially. You have to be really, really focused on your ball striking.” Hanrahan sporting Rockwell College and Castleisland RFC socks. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO “That has definitely made me a more rounded person, which has probably helped me in the rugby aspect, but I wouldn’t change that because of where I am now. I would never look back now and change anything but maybe there’s an easier road to take!”
Hanrahan comes across as comfortable in his own skin, content with what experience has added to his game. “You then have to go and learn it, experience rugby, experience how you lead a team through different areas of the field, understand scoreboard pressure, understand time pressure. There’s loads of things that go into it but over time in the saddle, it’s better and better. You get a natural feel for it and hopefully it allows you to be freer and thinking less because you’ve seen it before.”
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