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<blockquote data-quote="Groundhog" data-source="post: 957178" data-attributes="member: 50079"><p>Don't understand this post. So Stander was told he would need to switch position to hooker to have a shot in South Africa, as he didn't have the size of other guys, something he naturally didn't want to do, so he sought opportunity elsewhere where he would be played at his preferred position. Understandable surely, or have I my facts wrong?</p><p></p><p>He got his regular position at Munster? He was signed as an 8/ backrower, why wouldn't he? Also im not sure what South Africans we had coaching in 2012, my memory is foggy but I know Rob Penney and Simon Mannix and Anthony Foley for the pack. We may have had a South African on board but I don't remember him anyway. Regardless Stander's first season or two for Munster were not solid. He showed flashes but rarely started. He didn't walk into a jersey by any means. There were rumors for a while he'd be let go actually because he wasn't establishing himself as was expected. </p><p>On the last point..... So? Stander has put down roots in Ireland, has a mortgage on a house and is tied in here for some time. He's made his career here, had his kid here, but it's not mutually exclusive with loving the country he grew up in. No one here demands he purges all fondness for his home country.</p><p>I'm not really arguing the residency thing because I'm not going to change any opinions, nor do I care to, but I think this is a cynical enough view on Stander's move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Groundhog, post: 957178, member: 50079"] Don't understand this post. So Stander was told he would need to switch position to hooker to have a shot in South Africa, as he didn't have the size of other guys, something he naturally didn't want to do, so he sought opportunity elsewhere where he would be played at his preferred position. Understandable surely, or have I my facts wrong? He got his regular position at Munster? He was signed as an 8/ backrower, why wouldn't he? Also im not sure what South Africans we had coaching in 2012, my memory is foggy but I know Rob Penney and Simon Mannix and Anthony Foley for the pack. We may have had a South African on board but I don't remember him anyway. Regardless Stander's first season or two for Munster were not solid. He showed flashes but rarely started. He didn't walk into a jersey by any means. There were rumors for a while he'd be let go actually because he wasn't establishing himself as was expected. On the last point..... So? Stander has put down roots in Ireland, has a mortgage on a house and is tied in here for some time. He's made his career here, had his kid here, but it's not mutually exclusive with loving the country he grew up in. No one here demands he purges all fondness for his home country. I'm not really arguing the residency thing because I'm not going to change any opinions, nor do I care to, but I think this is a cynical enough view on Stander's move. [/QUOTE]
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