Bleyendaal a real energy-giver and we are lucky to have him, says van Graan

Whether you are a Munster coach or a team-mate, Tyler Bleyendaal ticks plenty of boxes as one of the great readers of the game and those insights could well be vital against Saracens on Saturday.

We may have become conditioned to extolling the physical prowess of players in the modern game, but when it comes to fly-halves, brains are still the starting point for success. In Bleyendaal, the likely Heineken Champions Cup semi-final starter at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena in the absence of hamstring victim Joey Carbery, Munster are convinced they have one of the sharpest minds in the business.