The last time Josh van der Flier was captain of a team was in sixth year at Wesley College. It was cricket, not rugby. Last weekend against the Sharks, Van der Flier was captain of Leinster. A different kind of stress, one he enjoyed.
“Leo came in and he watched the end of our session and asked me at the end if I wanted to be captain for the week. So, good experience, yeah,” he says.
In August, Van der Flier, Dan Sheahan and Johnny Sexton teed off in The K Club for the Irish Open pro-am, playing with a different professional for each of the nine holes.
Another stress po
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