Simon Zebo and Stephen Larkham have heaped praise on Tadhg Beirne, who has secured a new three-year IRFU deal to remain with Munster.
Beirne, 30, has been a stand-out player for the province and for his country over the past year in particular, and earned his 27th cap as a second row starter before finishing in the back row in Ireland's Six Nations loss to France on Saturday.
Like Zebo, Beirne had to come home to further his international ambitions.
