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Munster head coach Johann van Graan has returned to his native South Africa to make his latest signing.

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According to reports Dries Swanepoel will join the club from the Bulls, after he failed to make their Super Rugby squad for the 2018 season.

The 25-year-old, who made his Super Rugby debut in 2016, was a regular feature in the Currie Cup last season.

He won a bronze medal at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, in a backline which featured Handre Pollard.

Munster have been hit by injuries at centre with Chris Farrell out for the rest of the season, after picking up an ACL injury while training with Ireland during the Natwest 6 Nations. Jaco Taute is also a long-term absentee with a knee injury.

Meanwhile Munster captain Peter O’Mahony believes that Munster will have to up their game if they’re to beat Toulon in the Champions Cup quarter-finals.

“We’ve got to have the best performance of the season so far if we’re going to be in with a shot.” O’Mahoney said.

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Bull Shark 1 hours ago
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

Of the rugby I’ve born witness to in my lifetime - 1990 to date - I recognize great players throughout those years. But I have no doubt the game and the players are on average better today. So I doubt going back further is going to prove me wrong. The technical components of the game, set pieces, scrums, kicks, kicks at goal. And in general tactics employed are far more efficient, accurate and polished. Professional athletes that have invested countless hours on being accurate. There is one nation though that may be fairly competitive in any era - and that for me is the all blacks. And New Zealand players in general. NZ produces startling athletes who have fantastic ball skills. And then the odd phenomenon like Brooke. Lomu. Mcaw. Carter. Better than comparing players and teams across eras - I’ve often had this thought - that it would be very interesting to have a version of the game that is closer to its original form. What would the game look like today if the rules were rolled back. Not rules that promote safety obviously - but rules like: - a try being worth 1 point and conversion 2 points. Hence the term “try”. Earning a try at goals. Would we see more attacking play? - no lifting in the lineouts. - rucks and break down laws in general. They looked like wrestling matches in bygone eras. I wonder what a game applying 1995 rules would look like with modern players. It may be a daft exercise, but it would make for an interesting spectacle celebrating “purer” forms of the game that roll back the rules dramatically by a few versions. Would we come to learn that some of the rules/combinations of the rules we see today have actually made the game less attractive? I’d love to see an exhibition match like that.

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