My mate Darragh was a born and bred saffa who played scrum-half for our university side for 3 years.

One of our best players in that time too.

maybe AFL can recruit in SA

i wouldn't mind signing that springbok winger . he would be a great signing

Don't think there are any current South Africans in Superleague.

Lots of Zimbabweans (like Bob Skinstad) and Namibians (percy Montgomery) moved to South Africa and played for the Springboks. IIRC those countries were once all one. So Marinos perhaps grew up in SA.



Your Sharks probably had the best in Tiann Strauss, if he had been at another club (i.e. that wasn't 2nd in the League) he would have played more FG.



What are the restrictions on them? That's sad.



Most players in the current Springbok squad (other than props John Smit and Jannie Du Plessis, and reserve hooker Chiliboy Ralapelle, who are probably too big) would be fantastic in RL.
* Brian Habana and JP Pietersen would be speedy wingers.
* Francois Steyn and Ruan Pienaar would be electric at fullback or in the halves.
* Fourie Du Preez is probably the best RU player in the world ATM, and would be a dominant dummy-half.
* Spies, Kankowski and 'Beast' Mtawarira would be explosive secondrowers or props.

Also played at Salford for a couple of years

Currently in the NRL.. jarrod saffy is South African.

And for Sheffield, Nick Turnbull once played for the South AFrica Wildogs... a UK based saffy side, along with ex-skolars like mario du toit.

We had another one at Donny in 1994, Pierre Grobbelaar, although he only made a few appearances IIRC.

i think it was Swinton in the league the week before the final (it hammered it down). i may be wrong though

Bradford Northeren had David Barrends 'the Bantu wingman' in the 70's and early 80's, although he did play for GB

This is why I always laugh when the talk comes up about a "merged game", with "merged rules" and how much money it would make.

I can just see the reaction of the SARU when the RFU and ARU approach them asking if they are interested in changing the game to include some league rules...