Munster have done due diligence on new signings

“We’d need to have five or six players that we’re having arguments with the IRFU over national contracts, pushing David Humphreys from now on."

LEFTFIELD SIGNING: Munster's new South African winger Thaakir Abrahams playing for Lyon in the Champions Cup. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images

THERE will be that first day of school feeling at Munster’s High Performance Centre in Limerick as Graham Rowntree’s squad reunite for the start of pre-season training, not least for the new arrivals at the province.

South African back-three player Thaakir Abrahams joins from Lyon, fly-half Billy Burns has switched from Ulster while there are two backline signings from Connacht, centre Tom Farrell and wing Diarmuid Kilgallen.