Humble De Allende won't be putting his medals on the Munster table

Damien de Allende at Munster Rugby Squad Training in UL, Limerick. Picture: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Damian de Allende may well be a part of a marquee-signing package brought in to end Munster’s nine-season trophy drought, yet the South Africa centre has insisted owning a World Cup winner’s medal does not make him a star of the show.

The former Stormer joined Munster this summer alongside fellow Springbok RG Snyman, their signings a major statement of intent by a province determined to break the glass ceiling and start winning trophies again, the first test of which comes tomorrow night when Munster meet Leinster behind closed doors at Aviva Stadium in the Guinness PRO14 semi-finals.