Haashim Pead - Behind the Ruck Podcast

Watching this while working and he seems a nice chap.

What a player - he could play for the Bok senior side today

Give him a season or two to settle in. I love the look of this guy, but we have Williams and Crappies. No need to rush him

We did it with Pollard and Sacha

Id much rather have Pead in the squad than Reinach right now

Agree on that. As I said, we have at least another 2 years away from the next World Cup. But he'll need to get game time. First stop is Currie Cup, then see if he can stake a claim at URC level, however, for me he should get at least 4 starts and some games off the bench. If he performs, we can drop him into the bok training camp. Rassie already invited them, so I think theses guys are not far off.

Although, Sasha only made his debut for the boks at 23, he worked his way through the ranks.

Other players only hit their peak around 26 and some at 29. But I think with the 3 of them, we now have a future hooker, great number 7 to replace PTSD and then Pead. The rest is up to them now

I would not select him now as the likes of Papier etc deserve a crack.

My point is more that he is good enough to play test rugby now

No, he's not good enough for test rugby now.

Watch the podcast and he tells you himself how much he still has to learn.