Who exactly is Jean Kleyn — the Springboks’ ‘Irish’ lock? | The Citizen

🏉Meet Jean Kleyn: The 'Irish' lock ready to don the green and gold for the Springboks 🇮🇪➡️🇿🇦 With World Rugby's eligibility rule change, Kleyn brings his formidable skills to the SA squad⬇️ Springboks Rugby SportsNews TheCitizenSport Find out ⬇️

In 2022 Kleyn signed a three-year extension with Munster, who he helped beat the Stormers in the 2023 United Rugby Championship final in Cape Town a few weeks ago.on the residency rule — the same rule that allowed CJ Stander and Richardt Strauss to play for their adopted country.

Kleyn featured for Ireland at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, having made his debut months earlier, but after playing just five Tests hasn’t featured again at Test level since late 2019.Kleyn was called up to the Bok squad for the Rugby Championship following World Rugby’s eligibility rule change — a player can return to play for the country of his birth if he has not played for a different country for 36 months.

“From a coaching point of view Rassie and I coached him at the Stormers and then at Munster … so we know what we have in him and what he can do for the Boks.”

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