Van der Flier puts quality over quantity

Three years and change since Richie McCaw quit being the ruination of many an opponent’s rucks and, while the New Zealander didn’t make many friends doing what he did, he continues to influence the breakdown.

Josh van der Flier used to find himself fixating on the number of turnovers he could post. However the kind of numbers that catches the average punter’s attention can be all too misleading and shallow a barometer.