Neck injury forced current Hurricanes attack coach to retire when he was 29 but he had already dipped his toe into the coaching world
Back in Munster for his third spell with the club he first joined in 2011, prop John Ryan’s close-up view of new Leinster coach Tyler Bleyendaal was of a player destined for coaching. The New Zealand outhalf arrived to play for Munster in 2015 and stayed until 2020.
“It’s huge for him. He’s a relatively young coach but I know his calibre as a player,” says Ryan. “He unfortunately had a lot of injuries with us. He came in injured but the minute he came into us you could see he had that leadership.” His good record insured a six-week ban was reduced to three, resulting in Ryan remaining in Ireland while Munster face the Bulls and Lions in the United Rugby Championship in South Africa this week and next.
“Rob Penney actually brought him in and I know Rob wasn’t here when he came in. I know Rob coached him when he was younger, so he obviously always had that in him. But when he came in he didn’t just want to sit by and do his rehab, he wanted to have an input. I think that was ingrained in him at an early age and he’s a natural coach.”
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