Josh van der Flier: We don’t like Munster very much and they don’t like us

Josh van der Flier has already ticked an amount of boxes in his nascent rugby career.

Part of the crew that lowered New Zealand’s mast in Chicago, he has tasted Six Nations action aplenty, toured South Africa with Leinster and he came close to a first Champions Cup final appearance last season when Clermont Auvergne had five points to spare in the penultimate round.

At just 24, there’s plenty of time and scope to add to all that but he’s particularly keen to get a proper crack at Munster. His exposure to the famed rivalry to date has amounted to nothing more than a few cameos off the bench.