Perhaps that is ultimately where the school boy strength finally manifests... we accomplish all that with 1, YES 1 international player... Ben Loader... the rest is home grown while we have in excess of 100 professionals plying their trade in foreign leagues.
Imagine the likes of Pollard, Marx, Lood, Faf, Du Preez brothers, RG, Thomas du Toit, PSDT, Shaakir Abrahams, Bernard Janse van Rensburg, Arno Botha, Reinach, Jan Serfontein, Kurt-Lee, Kolbe, Jean Kleyn, de Allende, Ernst van Rhyn, Hyron Andrews, Ivan van Zyl, Louis Schreuder, Tyrone Green, Ruan Ackermann, Ivan Herbst, Jacques Vermeulen, Kwenzo Blose, Damian Markus, Dillyn Leyds, Nico Janse van Rensburg, Tiaan Jacobs, James Hall, Jaco van Tonder, Joe Jonas, Jeremy Ward, Lourens Erasmus, Khuta Mchunu, Friedle Olivier, Jessi Kriel, Brendan Owen, kwagga Smith, Willie Potgieter, Sylvian Mahuza, Matthys Basson, Jan-Hendrik Swanepole, Dawid Kellerman, Juarno Augustus, Burger Odendaal, Sebastien de Chaves, Jordan Els, Hanro Liebenberg, Marvin Orie, JP du Preez, Tom Botha, Evardi Boshoff, Dan Kasende, David Bullbring, Rikus Pretorius, Tyler Paul, Walt Steenkamp, Jeandre Labuschagne, Sanele Nohamba, etc etc etc etc etc etc being available to play for our domestic franchises???
Yes, I've listed as many names as I can find and that is only the tip of the iceberg. Some are household names in SA rugby and some you may never have heard of. Such is the extent of the player drain....
So when Jake White goes on a rant, hear him out and don't be so condescending or critical of the man and what he is saying...