Champion de Crespigny is a psycho - Wallabies back debutant to shine against the Lions - video Dailymotion

Joe Schmidt feels debutant Nick Champion de Crespigny will take his chance, following injuries to key players.

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00:00It's a great opportunity for Nick Champion De Crepney, who's trained well, had a good

00:06Super Rugby season and is very excited about the opportunity he has.

00:12Big shoes to fill.

00:15The good thing with Nick, he's a good line-out option, I thought he was very good in the

00:18force line-out.

00:20He is probably a bit more of a roving scavenger than Bobby V, who in the past has been a big

00:28ball carrier for us.

00:30We certainly knew a fair bit about Nick, I keep an eye on the top 14, having coached in

00:36it many years ago, obviously Nick was playing for Kast, and they'd been a high-performing

00:42team in the top 14, and so when he decided to come back he was immediately on the radar,

00:49not necessarily right in the middle of it, but he was on the periphery of it.

00:52I think we just have full confidence in Nick and what he brings, and he's a psycho, he's

00:58he loves contact, and he's ready to go.