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Munster table substantial offer for Malcolm Marx

Malcolm Marx during the South African men's national rugby team captains run at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on August 20, 2021 in Gqeberha, South Africa. (Photo by Richard Huggard/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Irish heavyweights Munster have tabled a sizeable deal in a bid to land Springbok World Cup winner Malcolm MarxRugbyPass understands.

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The Irish province – who secured a 33-3 bonus point URC victory over the Lions in Musgrave Park last night – face stiff competition for Marx’s signature, with the world-class Springbok one of the most sought-after forwards in world rugby.

French Top 14 giants Clermont were understood to also be interested in Marx but their recent signing of Wallabies Folau Fainga’a suggests that they’ve now filled the position.

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Graham Rowntree’s side current first choice in the hooking department is 30-year-old Irish international Niall Scannell, who is backed up by Diarmuid Barron, Scott Buckley and the as yet uncapped Chris Moore.

Should Marx sign for the Irish side he will join an already strong South African contingent in Limerick, with the likes of RG Snyman, Irish international Jean Kleyn and Keynan Knox already in situ.

Marx, who is competing with Bongi Mbonambi for a starting position on the Springboks team, is a valuable member of Jacques Nienaber’s squad and any move would happen following the Rugby World Cup in France later this year.

The 28-year-old is currently signed with the Kubota Spears in Japan, after spending the previous season with the NTT Shining Arcs. While playing abroad may not necessarily be advantageous, South African Rugby does not have a strict policy that prohibits overseas players from joining Springboks camps. As a result, exclusion from Test rugby is not necessarily a concern for the 6’2, 115kg frontrower.

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Marx’s pedigree is unquestionable. He’s won a half-century of caps for the Springboks and has previously been nominated for the prestigious World Player of the Year accolade and has previously won voted SA Rugby Player of the Year and SA Rugby Young Player of the Year.

The Springboks are not the only ones that will be losing players to northern teams over the next six months, with a flood of southern hemisphere stars expected to migrate north after the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been concluded.

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RedWarriors 3 hours ago
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Rugby incident, happens scores of times in a game. Dupont wasn’t even hit with much force, Beirne just clears him and force is added from behind from Furlong.

We can’t have special treatment for France just because their star is the one who gets unlucky.

There is already a lack of clarity around actual Written decisions and how they differ from bans.

For example, Mauvaka the official written decision states Mauvaka to have made a ‘reckless’, ‘deliberate’, shot ‘to the head’ of a ‘player in a vulnerable position’ on the ground. That’s a high level entry ban of 10 weeks. However, the press release did not show ‘reckless’ or ‘vulnerable player’ ticked alloweing Mauvaka to enter at the 6 match mid range.

Similarly Ntamack’s written report showed that it was a ‘reckless’, ‘head shot’ with ‘injury’. The injury was a fully displaced nose bone and Ntamack apologizes for the injury in the written report. This should give Ntamack an entry level of 6 weeks but in the Press Release ‘Injured’ is unticked meaning Ntamack gets away with a 4 week entry ban. This is not counting the fact that the world knows he deliberately injured Thomas.

No. France have been abusing the system for years, recently spreading disinformation about the Ringrose ban in order to undermine confidence in the process.

Giving France even more special treatment is not the answer.

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