All Blacks star Jordie Barrett will team up with former Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber at Leinster in Ireland from December.
The utility back from New Zealand played against the Springboks in the World Cup final in France last year.FormerWorld Cup-winning coach Jacques Nienaber will have one of the Boks’ biggest rivals of the last few years under his wing from December following the news that All Blacks star Jordie Barrett has joined Irish side Leinster on a short-term deal.
“As a whole, I think this move is going to be really challenging, but a positive challenge,” Barrett said. Barrett, who can play across the backline, spent time near Dublin as a child when his father managed a farm.“To have an opportunity to go back and meet some family and friends and connections that were made 20 years ago is pretty cool.”
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