Bit of poaching stuff...
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An inaccurate poaching article? There's a first time for everything i guess
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<p>These sorts of weird articls always seem to be centred around Fiji. when Pio Bosco Tikisuva was in charge of the union they used to appear pretty regularly on their website Teivovo. Some of them were pretty much libellous, occasionally they were funny. Like the Fijian no8 who was playing over here and put on so much weight they moved him to the front row, his KFC addiction was the fault of the great satan aka the NZRU.</p>
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Gloucester’s Ruan Ackermann considers playing for England
The Gloucester back row could be eligible for England in 2020 and says it's a possibility if the Springboks don't come calling
South Africa native Ruan Ackermann has admitted he is open to exploring the possibility of representing England in international colours having joined Gloucester in the summer. The number 8 could squeeze himself into contention for the Red Rose shortly before World Rugby alters the residency rule in 2020 from three years to five years in order to qualify. “I’m still young so I can always go back (to South Africa),” the 21-year-old told Kwese Sports. “I can give myself a fair shot here [in England] and you never know, hopefully it goes well and you can create yourself an option of playing for England as well.” Ackermann joined his father, Johan, in leaving the Lions to move to Kingsholm at the conclusion of the Super Rugby season earlier in the year, and the former South Africa A representative said England would be a welcome alternative should the Springboks leave him in the dark.shortly before World Rugby alters the residency rule in 2020 from three years to five years .....
the former South Africa A representative .....
Seems both Ruan and the Journos at the Rugby Paper need to read up on the eligibility rules.
After representing South Africa A the only way he can qualify for another country is via the Olympic loophole, for which he would need UK citizenship, not just the 3 year residency.
Just a crappy filler article anyway, I assume.
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the former South Africa A representative said England would be a welcome alternative should the Springboks leave him in the dark.
So if SA decide he isn't up to it, he'll spit the dummy and throw himself at Eddies feet?
Sorry state of affairs really.
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he's only 21 too
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The Rugbypaper may not be the original source, may just be repeating from a different source, i don't know,.
But this article http://kwese.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/21250757/ruan-ackermann-keen-give-england-option-gloucester-stay
says;
However, despite being included in a Springboks training squad and playing for South Africa A he is not tied to the country of his birth.Not sure how that could be. Unless South Africa A didn't play another country's designated A team ?
I think SA A played a series v France A this year?
F&ck knows.
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@rapido
Point is, it would seem he wants to play for SA first but is happy to chuck his lot in with England if SA don't want him...be surprised if he grew up wanting to wear the English Rose, shame to give up on your dream so quickly. -
@taniwharugby Totally opportunistic and mercenary. SA and England should tell him to fuck off. This stuff really fucks me off.
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If his South Africa A appearances were against an opposition that wasn't that nation's designated A team then he's still good. And so long as he's resident in his new nation by 31 December 2017 then he'll only need to serve 3 years of eligibility as the five-year rule comes into effect on 1 January 2020.
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@wurzel said in Bit of poaching stuff...:
If his South Africa A appearances were against an opposition that wasn't that nation's designated A team then he's still good. And so long as he's resident in his new nation by 31 December 2017 then he'll only need to serve 3 years of eligibility as the five-year rule comes into effect on 1 January 2020.
It doesn't have to be a country's designated A team. It must be either the the senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team or the next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team of a country.
This is the relevant bit of Regulation 8 of the World Rugby Handbook:
8.3 For the purposes of this Regulation, a Player is deemed to have played for the senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team or the next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team of a Union if: (a) He is selected for such team to play in an International Match against the senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team or the next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team of another Union (or in a fifteen-a-side international Match against another Union’s senior or next senior Touring Squad during a World Rugby approved International Tour) and is present at the Match played by that team either as a replacement, substitute or a playing member of that team and has, at the time of the Match, reached the age of majority;I have no idea whether South Africa 'A' is officially that second national team. They may not be, just like NZ 'A' never was (the Junior All Blacks are). But in any case, until the 1st of July, the opponent team - the French Barbarians - weren't the next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team of another Union.
Interestingly, only about 10 days ago, the French Rugby Union decided to designate the French Barbarians as its next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team. The reason for this seemed to be that they could force clubs to release players for this team, without it costing the players annual leave days. The decision was also, that this would retrospectively apply from the date of 1 July (so that's after the June tests).
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POSTED ON 23/10/17
THE FRENCH BARBARIANS BECOME A NATIONAL TEAM
From this season 2017-2018, the team of "French Barbarians" is integrated into the sports policy of the FFR as the second National Team.
