Van Graan brings experience far beyond his years

New Munster coach Johann van Graan should have left South Africa after the 2015 World Cup, but Springbok coach Allister Coetzee insisted that he honour the remaining two years of his contract instead of taking the head coaching job at Bath.

But Coetzee, after an uneasy relationship with the talented 37-year-old Van Graan, didn’t stand in his way a second time when Munster came calling a few weeks ago.

If anything he was angry at losing one of his bright young backroom members.