Roman Salanoa: Adjusting to rugby, life in Ireland and that notorious Cork accent 

Munster are starting to reap the rewards of Salanoa's rounded rugby education.

HITTING HIS STRIDE: Roman Salanoa. ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Roman Salanoa has been getting stuck in with a ball in hand, carrying through the hard yards for as long as he can remember but it is as a tighthead prop rather than a running back that he has found his niche.

Limerick is a long way from the laid-back idyll of Hawaiian countryside life on Pacific Ocean shores and dreams of a career in the NFL but the 25-year-old could not be happier with his present situation, finally finding his feet in the Munster front row after an injury-hit first two seasons following his move from Leinster.