Back to the future for Stander and van Graan

CJ Stander’s past, present and future collided in Limerick this week, when Johann van Graan arrived at Munster’s high-performance centre and introduced himself to the squad.

For many in the province, the incoming head coach and replacement for the soon-to-depart director of rugby Rassie Erasmus remains Johann who?

He is a mysterious 30-something from South Africa now charged with guiding Munster for at least the next two-and-a-half seasons, or so it says on the contract he has inked,