Twenty years ago, while starring for Leinster at five-eighth, Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi thought it would be a good idea to introduce himself to the two new Australian coaches David Knox and Michael Cheika who had moved from Randwick to Dublin to bring belief to a club in desperate need of it.

Contepomi met Knox first and was immediately given some extra study material to help transform him into one of the best playmakers in world rugby. It was a video cassette of Andrew Johns and the Argentine’s first taste of the NRL, which he has ravenously consumed ever since.

“I remember entering the office in Dublin, it was a portacabin (demountable) and when I entered the office, David Knox was there, and he looked at me and said, ‘Hey, chap, do you play ten?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, ten or 12, w

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