In his column in the Irish Independent, former Ireland fly-half Tony Ward hails Jean de Villiers' best performance to date for Munster.
"Forget this nonsense about answering critics - the head coach who dropped him is the only opinion that matters - and concentrate instead on de Villiers' 'get on with it' attitude over the past two frustrating weeks spent out of the first-team loop. As with Ronan O'Gara - who let his feet and hands do the talking vis-a-vis losing his Irish place - so too with the much decorated Springbok centre for Munster. That's how it should be.
“His second-half try represented skill (by way of the step) and utter determination in making the line and it completed the victory the rest of his new team-mates so richly deserved. It will enter the annals of Munster folklore but more importantly, it provided proof that Tony McGahan has signed a player of substance and not a fleeting mercenary.
"All that said, the midfield conundrum still exists. Sunday's try, welcome though it was, will not blind McGahan to that reality."
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