Nienaber to start Leinster career by facing old Munster friends

Nienaber spent 18 months with Munster as defence coach under Rassie Erasmus before the pair cut short their time in Ireland and returned home to take over a South African national team that was in the doldrums at the time.

FAMILIAR FACES: Incoming Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber before the Rugby World Cup 2023 final. Pic: David Davies/PA Wire.

World Cup-winning coach Jacques Nienaber will start his new job with Leinster next week and his first order of business will be a URC interpro derby against his old friends from Munster at the Aviva Stadium.

The South African will arrive in Dublin on the back of his role as head coach to a Springbok side that defended the Webb Ellis trophy in France and ‘fresh’ from an extended victory tour throughout his native country.