I read in a news report recently that in two months he will qualify to represent England. Two things. Is he good enough to challenge the current crop of English internationals, and if so, should he go for it or try to push his way into what will surely be a young future orientated springbok squad? I haven't seen him play for Gloucester, so I can't comment, but he looked to have pretty good potential back when he represented the Lions.
I didn't realize he was gone that long.
He's a class act and with quotas like Notshe looming to take up the Goats 8 jersey, I'd highly recommend he forget about this country and it's race based selection policies. He should make his home abroad and build himself a career there.
It would be great to see him play against the Goats one day.
I am not sure the two months are correct. He has to be in England for 5 years as against the thee years previously required. The English has very good loosies and whether Ruan will be good enough to get into the English team is another question. Two of their loosies were in the run for Player of the Year in 2019 and there are others as well,
The fact is that Erasmus had Jones appointed to watch pout and deal with SA players in Europe and I think he ahs a better chance playing for SA than he has of playing for England,
Andy Goode spoke about some rumours that Akkers was pushed out by undisclosed sources on their Podcast this morning. Nothing verified though.
Apparently a player, staff coup.
Yeah, sorry Gents. Meant to put this in the other Ackermann thread.
