Munster sights on Boks ace de Villiers

MUNSTER’S back-to-back Heineken Cup dream may be over, but they’re already planning ahead and closing in on Springbok star Jean de Villiers for next season.

The Western Province and Stormers skipper, rated among the world’s leading centres, has been strongly linked with a move to Munster or France.

Munster are confident they can agree a deal with de Villiers, who would replace New Zealand’s Rua Tipoki, but the Springbok is also being lured to France by the prospect of a whopping €500,000 a year by one club.