Ireland’s Josh van der Flier is the reigning World Rugby players of the year.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Tours IT TURNS OUT Josh van der Flier has a little bit of the French language.
But really it would be no surprise if a club like Racing went after a player like van der Flier down the line. Ex-Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster is now head coach of the Parisians, who are in the business of attracting some of the best players in the game. The slagging that award brought from his team-mates has died down now. For a while, van der Flier would take a good-natured slating for any tiny misstep he made. ‘World player of the year?!’ But it’s “long forgotten about now.”
“It was something I’m probably aware of when you first break onto the scene or whatever when I first started playing, you can get away with doing the things that you’re good at but after a while players, other opposition, you become known for things. Having the world player of the year in their ranks is clearly a huge plus for Ireland simply because van der Flier is such a consistently excellent force.And it helps that others around him remain contenders for any hypothetical World XVs, number eight Caelan Doris among them.
“It’s probably the pinnacle of rugby in terms of international rugby obviously. The World Cup is probably always up there as the highest honour of a tournament to be part of.
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