John Joseph Hanrahan (born 27 July 1992) is an Irish rugby union player who plays for Welsh club Dragons in the United Rugby Championship. He plays primarily as a fly-half, but can also play as a centre or fullback. Early years 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. Club career Munster 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. 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