'Every player has that licence to express themselves' - Munster's breath of Frisch air

Munster's fans have taken quite a shine to Antoine Frisch since his arrival in the summer.

The centre has hit the ground running - and offloading - in his first few games for the province, gaining rave reviews for his ability to bring some unpredictability to the Munster attack.

"Tony Fresh? He's silky smooth," said head coach Graham Rowntree recently of the former Bristol man, who's made the 13 jersey his own in recent weeks, keeping the more high-profile summer signing Malakai Fekitoa out of the team.

French-born and English-accented, the 26-year-old has plenty of Irish roots, and he'll be spending Christmas Day with them in Dublin. He might even bring a few back down the road to Thomond Park with him.

"I'll be with them on Christmas Day and the day before, so there's like 18 of us that will be in Tallaght," he says of his first Christmas in Ireland.

"That will be very nice, and I'm sure a few of them will come down to the game, 100%.

"I'm pretty sure they'll be supporting Munster. I think they're transitioning at the moment, so obviously they're from Dublin and when I arrived there was a bit of craic with that but yeah, they're supporting Munster now, I reckon."

His interesting career arc has already seen him play in the Massy and Rouen in the French ProD2, the English Premiership with Bristol Bears, and now in the URC for Munster, and he credits that melting-pot of clubs with the languid and creative style of rugby we've seen from him so far.

"I've seen different styles and it has helped me to have a better understanding of what a team needs and just playing in the right areas of the field.

"For example at Bristol there was a big emphasis on holding the ball and putting teams under pressure through your shape and your attack,