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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 957932" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Now I don't want to keep on banging the drum on Stander, but what you're saying isn't completely true though. Stander was at U/20 the Junior Springboks Captain, and very much ambitious to play for the Bokke.</p><p></p><p>Then he played senior rugby a couple of years, and even earned a call-up to the senior Springbok squad and went on the EOYT. He didn't get a cap as he was still a youngster but very much part of the group with the plan to cap him at a certain point as we always take a few uncapped guys on the EOYT, and it happens very often that these guys doesn't get capped (on that tour).</p><p></p><p>Now, we can speculate all we want, but there was all the signs and intentions that CJ would've eventually be called up for the boks, depending on his fitness and form. But he made the choice to leave SA, (he still could've been capped for SA as the time he left we didn't have the stupid 30-cap rule). Then he decided to make himself unavailable and make himself eligible for Ireland, when he was older, and better.</p><p></p><p>I guess we will never reach an agreement on Stander's case, and this is why there is such a divided opinion on this topic. I personally see him as a mercenary. You don't have to agree with me on it though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 957932, member: 40658"] Now I don't want to keep on banging the drum on Stander, but what you're saying isn't completely true though. Stander was at U/20 the Junior Springboks Captain, and very much ambitious to play for the Bokke. Then he played senior rugby a couple of years, and even earned a call-up to the senior Springbok squad and went on the EOYT. He didn't get a cap as he was still a youngster but very much part of the group with the plan to cap him at a certain point as we always take a few uncapped guys on the EOYT, and it happens very often that these guys doesn't get capped (on that tour). Now, we can speculate all we want, but there was all the signs and intentions that CJ would've eventually be called up for the boks, depending on his fitness and form. But he made the choice to leave SA, (he still could've been capped for SA as the time he left we didn't have the stupid 30-cap rule). Then he decided to make himself unavailable and make himself eligible for Ireland, when he was older, and better. I guess we will never reach an agreement on Stander's case, and this is why there is such a divided opinion on this topic. I personally see him as a mercenary. You don't have to agree with me on it though. [/QUOTE]
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