Sheepish Stander shows quick feet after run-in with farm animal

“I got up and was ready for a proper old-school fight, bare knuckle”

CJ Stander: A fan of the new breakdown rules. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

CJ Stander has been many things for Munster and Ireland but an elusive runner is not one of them. Brilliant in so many ways, his default setting with ball in hand has been to tuck it under an arm, dip his head, and launch himself at the foe.

This has been brutally effective at times but not at others.