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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 578604" data-attributes="member: 34990"><p>Bakkies Botha? 76 caps for the Boks Bakkies Botha? Could be Matt Stevens you're thinking of, he was born/raised in South Africa but to English parents, and having played age-grade for South Africa, moved to England for University.</p><p>Barritt has Rhodesian parents, which means he has an English passport, and apparently the majority of his family are English/live in England. He played for Emerging Springboks, and then moved to England in his early 20s and played for Saxons etc. from there. No idea whether he would've made it as a Bok.</p><p></p><p>Tuilagi chose to play for England, so he obviously considers himself to be English to an extent, having grown up and played all of his rugby here.</p><p>Same goes for the Vunipola brothers - would've made the Tonga squad at some point, but chose to represent England having spent most of their lives here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 578604, member: 34990"] Bakkies Botha? 76 caps for the Boks Bakkies Botha? Could be Matt Stevens you're thinking of, he was born/raised in South Africa but to English parents, and having played age-grade for South Africa, moved to England for University. Barritt has Rhodesian parents, which means he has an English passport, and apparently the majority of his family are English/live in England. He played for Emerging Springboks, and then moved to England in his early 20s and played for Saxons etc. from there. No idea whether he would've made it as a Bok. Tuilagi chose to play for England, so he obviously considers himself to be English to an extent, having grown up and played all of his rugby here. Same goes for the Vunipola brothers - would've made the Tonga squad at some point, but chose to represent England having spent most of their lives here. [/QUOTE]
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