Nash relishing chance to battle Boks in their own backyard

Calvin Nash has fully recovered from a calf injury that kept him out of Munster’s losing URC semifinal against Glasgow and is ready to show his best.

Calvin Nash, Oli Jager and Tom O’Toole with members of The School Of Hard Knocks Rugby team. Pic: Dan Sheridan, Inpho 

Ireland tours to South Africa are rare and Tests at Loftus Versfeld, one of the great cathedrals of rugby, not just in the Republic, but in the world, are rarer still.

The sides have only once met at Loftus, back in 1998 when Calvin Nash was 10 months old. The Boks won 33-0 in the midst of a 17-match winning streak under coach Nick Mallett.