Ambition: Ruan Ackermann

RUAN Ackermann says SA Rugby’s decision to overturn a ban on picking overseas-based players will result in him and other South Africans playing ‘even harder’ in the Premiership.
The country’s governing body gave head coach Rassie Erasmus a free hand when they ended the selection restriction in May.
It had an immediate impact, with Sale’s Faf de Klerk and Wasps’ Willie le Roux among the overseas players selected for the summer Tests against England.
But if Ackermann does not make the Springboks squad, he has admitted he could pu...