The giant South African centre with a ‘nasty streak’ who wants to run through brick walls and how Wales need to counter him

When opposition sides visited The Gnoll in the 1980s, players were known to go down with ‘Neath flu’, a mystery illness that rendered them incapable of taking the rugby field that weekend but which would clear up the moment the aforementioned match against the then fearsome Welsh All Blacks was over.

Fun and games.

Fast-forward to the modern day and there are no reports of players dropping out when encountering Harlequins’ 6ft 4in, 17st 11lb centre Andre Esterhuizen. But he is a player who concentrates minds.