The most compelling thing about Yaqeen Ahmed and Markus Muller is not that they are young. It is that South African rugby has not waited for them to grow older before asking them to play senior rugby, for the Stormers and Springboks.
A year after leaving school, both are Springboks. Ahmed, 20, came through Wynberg Boys’ High. Muller, 19, matriculated at Paarl Gimnasium. They have moved from schoolboy rugby to the national team seamlessly.
The Springboks’ 37-man squad for the November Nations Championship includes six uncapped players. Ahmed and Muller are among them. Injuries have opened doors, but neither has
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