Joe Schmidt: Wales the true test for CJ Stander

“I know he has had really positive age-grade success but there is nothing like the senior Test match arena to find out how someone acquits themselves."

Brendan O’Brien

Joe Schmidt has sung the praises of CJ Stander ahead of the player’s first Ireland cap while warning that the weekend’s Six Nations outing against Wales in Dublin will be the true test of the Munster captain’s abilities.