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Benhard Janse van Rensburg has been named in England's training squad after the RFU successfully appealed to World Rugby last year to overturn an eligibility block tied to a single 20-minute appearance for South Africa Under-20s in 2016. The move clears the former Baby Bok centre to represent England this summer, eight years after his brief stint in a junior Springbok jersey. Steve Borthwick's inclusion signals intent to cap the player before rival federations — or second thoughts — complicate the switch. The case underscores the growing administrative battleground over eligibility loopholes, where unions now routinely lawyer their way through junior-cap ambiguities. World Rugby's willingness to reverse a South Africa tie, however tenuous, marks another quiet erosion of the old residency-and-loyalty framework.
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