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New Wales squad member was discovered and ‘stalked’ in South Africa | SA News

SPOTLIGHT: New Wales recruit Olly Cracknell has some history in South Africa.

The uncapped Leicester flank has been called up by Wales this week for next month’s Nations Series after veteran No.8 Taulupe Faletau withdrew from the squad.

Faletau suffered a knee injury during Cardiff’s United Rugby Championship victory over Edinburgh on Saturday.

Back in 2013, when he was still a teenager, Cracknell spent some time playing for Border in South Africa. That is when former scrumhalf Rupert Moon, who was appointed as the Welsh Rugby Union’s North Wales development officer at the time, heard about his talents.

Moon admitted that he “stalked” the Leeds-born player and convinced him to join Welsh…

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