Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber dismisses Sharks gamesmanship against Munster as 'normal'

"If you listen to just the referee mic and you take the commentators away, it's crazy what you hear on that mic. They got stuck into each other."

Jaden Hendrikse of Hollywoodbets Sharks during the URC quarter-final against Munster. Pic: ©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Darren Stewart

You rarely need all seven degrees of separation in rugby. If Bradley Davids was something of an unknown until last weekend then Jacques Nienaber needed no introduction to the boyish 21-year-old whose kick ended Munster's URC bid in Durban.

The Leinster senior coach’s son Carlu used to room with the young half-back at Paarl Gimnasium, the same renowned rugby school in the Western Cape that has produced the likes of Jean De Villiers, Handre Pollard and Schalk Burger in days gone by.