Erasmus stands over Munster's player recruitment - 'We will only recruit when we need guys'

Munster Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus stressed this week that he will only sign overseas players when it is absolutely necessary to do so. 

He was responding to a question as to whether the current success of the team and the outstanding contributions of players like Jaco Taute, Jean Kleyn, Francis Saili and Rhys Marshall made it easier for him to attract players from the Southern Hemisphere.

“We will only recruit when we need guys,” he insisted. “We were thin at hooker when we got Rhys in, all the guys had long-term injuries and now it will be a nice competition between all the hookers. It is nice when Jean Kleyn, Jaco and Rhys buy into the culture. It isn’t difficult to buy into the Munster culture because it is a nice close-knit family.