JJ Hanrahan

John Joseph Hanrahan (born 27 July 1992) is an Irish rugby union player who plays for Connacht in the United Rugby Championship.

He plays primarily as a fly-half, but can also play as a centre or fullback.

Hanrahan began playing rugby with Castleisland RFC in County Kerry at the age of 7.

He attended Rockwell College, moving there after being spotted playing for Castleisland in a Munster Under-16 final, and he scored a winning drop-goal for Rockwell in their 2010 semi-final, before losing the 2010 Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup Final to Presentation Brothers College, Cork.

Hanrahan made his first senior appearance for Munster against La Rochelle in a non-capped pre-season friendly on 12 August 2011.

He was part of the Munster A team that won the 2012 British and Irish Cup.

He was promoted to a professional contract by Munster for the 2012–13 season.

He made his full debut for Munster on 22 September 2012, in a Pro12 fixture against Dragons.

Hanrahan made his Heineken Cup debut on 21 October 2012, coming on as a replacement in Munster's second round fixture against Edinburgh at Thomond Park.

He made his first start for Munster on 26 October 2012, in a Pro12 game against Zebre, scoring two tries and winning the Man-of-the-Match award.

Hanrahan signed a two-year contract extension with Munster in January 2013.

In his first start of the 2013–14 season, against Zebre on 13 September 2013, Hanrahan scored 21 points in a Man-of-the-match-winning performance.

Hanrahan came off the bench against Edinburgh in Round 1 of the 2013–14 Heineken Cup on 12 October 2013.

He came off the bench against Gloucester in Round 2 on 19 October 2013.

On 25 October 2013, Hanrahan scored all of Munster's points 6-13 win against Glasgow Warriors in another Man-of-the-Match performance.

Hanrahan scored the winning try in Munster's 17-18 win against Perpignan in Round 4 of the 2013–14 Heineken Cup on 14 December 2013.

He was named Man-of-the-Match in Munster's 16–10 win against Scarlets on 21 December 2013, scoring 11 points and setting up Ronan O'Mahony's match-winning try with a crucial cross-field kick in injury time.

He scored all of Munster's points in their 22–16 win against Connacht on 27 December 2013.

He suffered a groin injury in Munster's game against Glasgow Warriors on 12 April 2013, which ruled him out the inter-provincial derby against Connacht on 19 April 2014.

Hanrahan also won the 2013–14 Pro12 Golden Boot Award for his 88.71% place kick conversion rate.

Hanrahan scored 24-points in Munster's 54–13 win against Cardiff Blues on 8 February 2014.

He came on against Toulouse in Munster's 47–23 Heineken Cup quarter-final win on 5 April 2014.

Hanrahan's match-winning try against Perpignan in Round 4 of the Heineken Cup was nominated for the IRUPA Try of the Year 2014 award on 23 April 2014.

He came off the bench in Munster's 24–16 semi-final defeat to Toulon on 27 April 2014.

Hanrahan won the Munster Young Player of the Year Award on 8 May 2014.

Hanrahan scored 21 points against Cardiff Blues on 1 November 2014.

He started at fullback against Dragons on 21 November 2014.

He scored 18 points and won the Man-of-the-Match award in Munster's 33–16 win against Cardiff Blues on 14 February 2015.

Hanrahan scored a late try to help Munster secure a 25–25 draw with Scarlets on 21 February 2015.

Hanrahan made his final appearance for Munster on 30 May 2015, coming off the bench in their 31–13 2015 Pro12 Grand Final defeat against Glasgow Warriors.

On 7 January 2015, it was confirmed that Hanrahan would leave Munster at the end of the 2014-15 season to join English Premiership side Northampton Saints.

Hanrahan made his debut for Northampton on 24 October 2015, coming off the bench to replace the injured George Pisi in Saints' 42–16 win against Newcastle Falcons.

He started for Northampton in their opening 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool game against Scarlets on 14 November 2015, scoring 5 points in his team's 15–11 win.

Hanrahan's Saints career was plagued with injury however, and he only made 31 appearances for the side in the two seasons he was at the club.

On 24 January 2017, it was announced that, after two seasons with Northampton, Hanrahan would be returning to Munster on a two-year contract, beginning at the conclusion of the 2016–17 season.

He made his competitive return for Munster on 30 September 2017, coming off the bench against Cardiff Blues in Round 5 of the 2017–18 Pro14 and scoring two tries in the provinces 39–16 win.

Hanrahan converted all 7 tries and won the Man-of-the-Match award in Munster's 49–6 win against Dragons on 3 November 2017.

Hanrahan started at fly-half in Munster's 2018–19 Pro14 opening win against South African side Cheetahs on 1 September 2018, scoring one try and four conversions in the provinces 38–0 victory.

He signed a two-year contract extension with Munster in December 2018, a deal that will see him remain with the province until at least June 2021.

Hanrahan scored 20 points, including one try, three conversions and three penalties, and earned the Man-of-the-Match award in Munster's 30–5 Champions Cup pool two win against French side Castres on 9 December 2018, having been a late call-up to the starting XV after Joey Carbery reported a tight hamstring before the game.