Over the course of the 2017/18 season, back when he was a Leinster reject and playing with the Llanelli Scarlets, Tadhg Beirne won 39 turnovers for his team, 17 more than any other player in the league. Usually when someone is that good in one area of the game they fall down in others but he also scored more tries than any other forward and was second in the lineout receiver charts. His current team Munster are safely into the last 16 of the Champions Cup with a season’s best performance against Wasps under their belt, but a few weeks…

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