Game recognises game with Du Toit wary of Van der Flier impact

In a clash of the game's titans, it is the boiler room of the back row that will likely end up deciding whether Boks or Ireland prevail

CHARGING ON: South Africa’s Pieter-Steph du Toit with Finn Russell and Sione Tuipulotu of Scotland

Josh Van der Flier is hard to miss on the field of play with that red scrum cap and those pumping legs, but there is a sense that this quietly-spoken, polite son of Wicklow doesn’t get the notice and the praise that a man of his talents has earned.

Maybe it's just that reserved, boy-next-door nature, or just a mark as to Ireland’s back row strength in depth, but the reigning World Player of the Year never gets a mention when the conversation turns to players that Ireland simply can’t do without.