Leinster out-half expected to get game time at some point in the November international series
Ciaran Frawley's ligament damage isn't as bad as first feared and while he will miss at least two weeks, the out-half will take part at some point in the November international series.
READ MORE: Anthony 'Axel' Foley RIP: Shoulder to Soldier at the first night of play written about Munster icon South Africa won the two Rugby World Cups with a big man at no10, Handré Pollard, albeit Nienaber is cautious about reading too much into 'big'. "I won't say he's better, there's no good or bad, but he can be more direct if you need a target on the second phase. If you have Johnny Sexton's skillset at a no10, you work with that.
"In this last game, you'll see when we strike wide off mauls - those two guys put in solid hand-offs, it's something we work on and have been working on. "So obviously he got a shot out with the Emerging Ireland team. What I’ve seen with Sam, I think everybody knows that he had a variety of skillsets and a good rugby brain on him and a big skillset.
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