Jacques Nienaber: Munster will evolve

Jacques Nienaber had quite a reputation to live up to when he signed up as Munster defence coach last summer.

After all, his impressive CV included physiotherapist/strength & conditioning coach with South African Currie Cup teams the Cheetahs and Cats; defence coach with Western Province, Stormers, Junior Springboks, South Africa Schools and Springboks as well as high performance manager with the South African Rugby Union prior to joining Munster.

Linking up with compatriot Rassie Erasmus presented no problem; it was a different matter, though, when it came to meeting and working with a new bunch of players coming off a couple of disappointing seasons.