Ireland and Leinster's Joe McCarthy believes that RG Snyman's impending move to Leinster can only add to the quality of their star-studded squad.
Snyman, a back-to-back World Cup winner with South Africa, is set to join Munster's rivals from Leinster this summer.
The move has been met with delight and frustration on both sides of the Munster-Leinster rivalry.
However, McCarthy, who also plays as a lock, will have to deal with the added competition from their new recruit. This is something that the Dublin native will welcome when Snyman moves to Dublin.
"[RG is] a great player; I'm sure it will be very exciting to see," said the 22-year-old Dubliner.
"It's a long way away, but he's a class player, so he should add a lot.
"I suppose there's loads of competition now, and he'll add more, which is great. It's never good to be comfortable in your position. You always want to be fighting; that brings out the best in you."
RG Snyman is on his way to Leinster (Photo By Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)McCarthy is also keen to learn from players with different perspectives. Diversity of thought in rugby is something that McCarthy has already experienced from his other international teammates at Leinster, but he is also keen to gain more new perspectives.
"I love trying to learn from different people. Different perspectives are class; even now we've got Jason [Jenkins], who's South African and brings something different. It's class learning off him and Jacques [Nienaber] already.
"We've got Goodie [Andrew Goodman, backs coach] from New Zealand obviously; Leo is world-class; Robin [McBryde, scrum coach] from Wales; it's unbelievable having so many different thinkers of the game. I love just soaking up as much as I can.
"The more voices, the better."
Leinster hosts Ulster at 5.15 pm later today.
