The Beast is Back!!
It comes only a day before the announcement of the Springbok squad for the Tri-Nations, but Tendai Mtawarira a.k.a The Beast has been granted SA citizenship and is now available for the Boks.
This comes after Beast was excluded from the tests against Wales, France and Italy due to issues with his SA citizenship. Beast did not have a valid SA passport and after the Ministry of Sport made it clear that no foreign player can be selected to represent a national team,he had to be left out of the squad.
Minister for Home Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma granted Beast’s citizenship, for which Oregan Hoskins, president of the South African Rugby Union was very gratefull.
“I’d like to personally thank Minister Dlamini-Zuma for her intervention to assist in this matter. It had long been the Beast’s desire to become naturalised and he has had to endure some difficult times in recent months. He is now eligible for selection should he fit into the plans of the coach and national selectors.” said Hoskins.
[james@rugby15.co.za]
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