Eligibility journey of Benhard Janse van Rensburg

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know

At Eden Park on June 20, 2014, the cream of England’s teenaged crop edged past South Africa’s to win the Junior World Cup.
Five of those lining up for their anthems that day have long since moved to the beat of a different drum.
Wales claimed Ross Moriarty and Nick Tompkins, born on the other side of the border but eligible through ancestry which led the Italians to claim the then Gloucester scrum-half Callum Braley.
Scotland made the most rewarding discoveries in a pair of would-be Springboks.
Duhan van der Merwe and Pierre Schoeman had more in...

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