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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 512564" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>Something nobody's pointed out here is that he's quite possibly using this as a tool to go further with the Boks and has no intention of being a project player - edit, or at least, he has no intention of not being a Bok yet. He'll be as aware as anyone (well, except nobody's mentioned it here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />) that Ruan Pienaar, Johann Muller and BJ Botha have all had Springbok call-ups while playing in Ireland. It hasn't hurt their Springbok careers at all. At Munster he will be the cock of the walk and playing first team rugby week in, week out - that's not something he could have done at the Bulls. The Bok coaches clearly have been willing to look hard at HEC performance. It's a clear possibility, he'd have had a chance to talk to somebody doing it at the Bok training camp no less.</p><p></p><p>So I wouldn't be at all surprised if Stander's thinking "I'll get paid more, I'll be played more, I'll still have a shot at the Boks, and if nothing's happened by the end of three years and the coaches aren't giving me promising signs, I might be able to join up with Ireland". That's a pretty big win-win scenario. </p><p></p><p>Cracking signing by Munster though, and if he's genuinely looking at being a project player, then he's the sort of calibre of player that should be recruited - not Peter Borlase!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 512564, member: 42330"] Something nobody's pointed out here is that he's quite possibly using this as a tool to go further with the Boks and has no intention of being a project player - edit, or at least, he has no intention of not being a Bok yet. He'll be as aware as anyone (well, except nobody's mentioned it here :p) that Ruan Pienaar, Johann Muller and BJ Botha have all had Springbok call-ups while playing in Ireland. It hasn't hurt their Springbok careers at all. At Munster he will be the cock of the walk and playing first team rugby week in, week out - that's not something he could have done at the Bulls. The Bok coaches clearly have been willing to look hard at HEC performance. It's a clear possibility, he'd have had a chance to talk to somebody doing it at the Bok training camp no less. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if Stander's thinking "I'll get paid more, I'll be played more, I'll still have a shot at the Boks, and if nothing's happened by the end of three years and the coaches aren't giving me promising signs, I might be able to join up with Ireland". That's a pretty big win-win scenario. Cracking signing by Munster though, and if he's genuinely looking at being a project player, then he's the sort of calibre of player that should be recruited - not Peter Borlase! [/QUOTE]
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