Munster ace Van den Heever talks up benefits of 7s rugby

There was a time when it hardly mattered who played on the wing for Munster. The chances were they would hardly ever see the ball.

But the game has changed in the professional era to such an extent that they now have a massive role to play when it comes to finishing off movements that may have started many phases earlier.

That is why Munster now have a whole host of players who can fill the number 14 and 11 jerseys in Simon Zebo, Keith Earls, Felix Jones, Andrew Conway, Johne Murphy, Denis Hurley, Ronan O’Mahony and Luke O’Dea. And then there’s Gerhard van den Heever, the South African flyer who was added to the mix last season.