IRFU insisted on one-year deal for Munster recruit Jason Jenkins 

IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora

Jason Jenkins’s controversial move to Munster met with no objections from the IRFU, although the governing body insisted on a one-year deal so as not to disrupt the development of the province’s promising young forwards.

Munster attracted criticism at the end of March when they announced the capture for next season of former Bulls and Springbok lock Jenkins from Japanese club Toyota Verblitz as a replacement for CJ Stander following the Ireland back-rower’s surprise decision to retire at the end of the current campaign.