Munster get a Spring in their step

SOUTH AFRICAN star Jean de Villiers will make his Munster debut against Newport Gwent Dragons at Musgrave Park on Sunday week.

The Springbok centre arrived in Cork yesterday following a busy summer, having helped his country to a series victory over the Lions as well as the Tri Nations Championship title.

He will undergo a medical examination and fitness test in Limerick today, but Munster manager Shaun Payne reckons the powerful centre has nothing much to prove in either area, saying: “I reckon he passed his fitness test against New Zealand last weekend.”