According to South African publication Rapport the Munster centre Damian de Allende is set to leave the southern province for either Kinetsu Liners or Saitama Wild Knights both clubs he has played for before, but he is expected to join the later. This will be a huge blow for the Irish province as they look to keep building on the work that van Graan and his team has done over the past few seasons.

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Almost 18 months at Munster, but that was Damian de Allende's first taste of playing in front of supporters at Thomond Park.

He savoured that one ❤️#HeinekenChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/erRxKux5zb

— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) December 18, 2021

This no doubt will be a major blow, but can you blame the 30 year old? It’s a short career and you got to make the most out of it.