Munster test another step towards the top for impressive Du’Plessis Kirifi

Saturday night will see him captain an All Blacks XVs team against Munster in Thomond Park. Go back seven days and he was leading Wellington to an NPC final defeat of Bay of Plenty.

Du'Plessis Kirifi of the Hurricanes attempts to evade Andrew Kellaway of the Rebels. Pic: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

Let’s the get the obvious out of the way first. As in, how a kid of Samoan descent from New Plymouth on New Zealand’s North Island was named in honour of a famous Springbok 17 years after the latter had last worn the famous green and gold.

Here’s Du’Plessis Kirifi on how his father Jack got the idea.