Leinster's Jacques Nienaber relishing trip to face 'trendsetters' Munster 

The eastern province head for Thomond Park on Saturday evening.

BOTH SIDES NOW: Jacques Nienaber has seen the rivalry from both a Munster and Leinster perspective. Pic: INPHO/Grace Halton

Ulster are on the up, and it would be a shock if Connacht don’t follow a similar trajectory at some point under Stuart Lancaster at their swanky new stadium, but nothing gets the blood flowing like Munster and Leinster.

Jacques Nienaber has seen the rivalry from both sides having spent 16 months in Limerick with Rassie Erasmus and two years and counting in Dublin. He can also appraise it with an outsider’s perspective given his South African passport.