Fitzgerald hails former stars for spreading Munster gospel

MUNSTER chief executive Garret Fitzgerald credits former players such as Jim Williams with spreading the word among southern hemisphere players about the Irish province as “a good place to work”.

Fitzgerald was speaking at the unveiling of new Munster signing Jean de Villiers, who revealed he had sounded out Williams and former Leinster star Rocky Elsom after a South Africa-Australia game about joining the province.

“If you go back 10 years, Munster would have been well known but we wouldn’t have had as many overseas players,” said Fitzgerald.