‘You could actually build a team around him for a while,’ Bernard Jackman said of the Bristol and USA out-half.
WITH REPORTS THAT Springbok World Cup winner Steven Kitshoff may end his three-year contract early and return to the Stormers this summer, Bernard Jackman believes Ulster should reallocate part of the loosehead’s salary and attempt to recruit an out-half.
Discussing Kitshoff’s reported exit on Monday’s Rugby Weekly Extra for The 42 subscribers, analyst Jackman proposed that Ulster use some of their freed-up budget to try to sign Irish-born USA rugby great AJ MacGinty, who is currently on the books at Bristol Bears. “If you get a Kiwi or an Aussie, there’s the whole, ‘How long will it take them to come to terms with northern-hemisphere rugby’, et cetera, et cetera. Whereas someone like AJ MacGinty, you could actually build a team around him for a while.
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