Leinster making ever stronger case for the defence under Jacques Nienaber

Jacques Nienaber defence blitz programme is coming to fruitition at Leinster.

NIENABER'S STAMP:  Leinster senior coach Jacques Nienaber defence blitz programme is coming to fruitition at Leinster. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Jacques Nienaber was a passive observer when Leinster met Munster in the URC last season last November. The World Cup had just ended with South Africa retaining their title and the erstwhile Springbok coach wasn’t due to start his new job until the following Monday.

He would speak days later about his defensive brief with the province, how it had taken him 14 weeks to embed the blitz programme into his players with the Springboks and likewise during his brief stint at Munster under Rassie Erasmus.