Jacques Nienaber starts the job of getting Leinster back over the winning line

The former Munster assistant has been handed the head coach role vacated during the summer by the departed Stuart Lancaster with a view to putting his own mark on a team and a club that has fallen agonisingly short in the past two seasons.

Wed, 29 Nov, 2023 - 07:20

Brendan O'Brien

Jacques Nienaber’s name still isn’t listed among the men’s team’s coaching staff on the Leinster website. The club clobber that covered him head to almost toe for his first day at the province’s UCD training base yesterday has still to be stitched with his initials.

None of that matters. The former Munster assistant has been handed the head coach role vacated during the summer by the departed Stuart Lancaster with a view to putting his own mark on a team and a club that has fallen agonisingly short in the past two seasons.