‘I came to Ireland with my entire life packed into three bags’

Strip aside the debate over whether or not Jean Kleyn’s three years in Ireland should have been enough to earn selection for Joe Schmidt’s World Cup squad and there was the question as to whether the Munster lock was simply good enough to have made it instead of Devin Toner.

Plenty have suggested that Kleyn’s form with Munster, and with Ireland since he qualified ahead of the first warm-up game last month, has not been of a high enough standard but the man himself believes he is already a better player just for the few months under Joe Schmidt’s wing.