'Plastic Englishmen' and other foreign nomads should have to wait longer before changing their allegiance

'Plastic Englishmen' and other foreign nomads should have to wait longer before changing their allegiance

Another day, another change of allegiance.

On Friday it was Saracens’
Australian-born prop, Kieran Longbottom, who declared for the red rose via
an English granny.

On Sunday it was the turn of the South African Rory
Kockott, one of the standout scrum‑halves in France
since his arrival at Castres in 2011.




Kockott was named by Philippe Saint‑André in a 30-man squad for a three-day
training camp next week.

There is every chance he will be on duty in the
November series against Fiji, Australia and Argentina, clutching the jersey
and belting out La Marseillaise as i…

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