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Ambitious London Irish nab 113kg Springbok prop Cilliers
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London Irish have made promotion intentions clear with the signing of Springbok prop Pat Cilliers.
The 31-year-old, who is joining from Leicester, has played for a host of top clubs including Montpellier, as well as South African Super Rugby outfits the Sharks, Lions and Stormers.
On the international stage he played for the Emerging Springboks against the British and Irish Lions in 2009 and won six full caps for South Africa.
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Cilliers, who is comfortable playing on both sides of the scrum and has a 186cm, 113kg frame, has played 26 times for the Tigers over the past two seasons.
Director of rugby Declan Kidney hailed it as an important signing in a key position ahead of the 2018/19 Championship campaign.
“The Championship is a tough league and we need experienced forwards in our squad to meet the challenges in front of us,” he said. “Pat fits the bill – he’s played at the top level of the sport for a number of years and will be a good signing for us.”
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He nailed a forward on this tour (and some more back in the NPC before he left lol)!
I know what you mean and see it too, he will be a late bloomer if he makes it for sure.
Go to commentsSo John, the guys you admire are from my era of the 80's and 90's. This was a time when we had players from the baby boomer era that wanted to be better and a decent coach could make them better ie the ones you mentioned. You have ignored the key ingrediant, the players. For my sins I spent a few years coaching in Subbies around 2007 to 2012 and the players didn't want to train but thought they should be picked. We would start the season with ~30 players and end up mid season with around 10, 8 of which would train.
Young men don't want to play contact sport they just want to watch it. Sadly true but with a few exceptions.
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