Boss relishing Muliaina reunion

Isaac Boss and Mils Muliaina go back a long way, 15 years at the very least, so there are few men better qualified than the Leinster scrum-half to judge just what the All Black legend brings to his new home in Connacht.

Boss hails from Tokorua in the northern tip of the North Island. Muliaina moved to Invercargill at the far end of the South Island from Samoa when he was two, but they came together to represent their country at U19 level in 1999.

New Zealand had never entered the now defunct U19 World Cup before that year’s tournament in Wales, but they made up for it with a dream team that boasted — aside from those two — Richie McCaw, Jerry Collins, Aaron Mauger and Tony Woodcock.