3 BIGGEST FLOPS

1. JEAN DE VILLIERS (MUNSTER) – 2009/10

The iconic Springbok centre’s nine months in Limerick flattered to deceive, the nadir being benched for key European games.

2. CHRISTIAN CULLEN (MUNSTER) – 2003-07

A major coup to land one of the finest full-backs in history but he arrived injured and never really got going.

3. MILS MULIAINA (CONNACHT) – 2014/15

The 2011 New Zealand World Cup winner came to Connacht and never stood out, his unfulfilling stay ending in a live TV arrest at Gloucester for an incident later thrown out of court.