Little Henre Nel is only six weeks old, but by virtue of being born in Edinburgh he has already stolen a march on his father as the first member of the family to become eligible to play for Scotland.
Little Henre Nel is only six weeks old, but by virtue of being born in Edinburgh he has already stolen a march on his father as the first member of the family to become eligible to play for Scotland.
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Alasdair Reid
Even so, it is still worth backing Willem Nel to beat his son to the honour, not least because the SRU made no secret of the fact that the former Free State Cheetahs prop had been signed as a 'project player', with the intention that he would qualify for Scotland on residence grounds just in time for the 2015 World Cup.
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