Munster lock Jean Kleyn has been called up by South Africa ahead of the Rugby Championship after being left out of Ireland's Rugby World Cup training squad.
Kleyn, who was born in Johannesburg, has five caps for Ireland but has not made a squad since the 2019 World Cup. The 29-year-old was again overlooked by coach Andy Farrell when he named his squad for this year's tournament in France a fortnight ago, with second row options James Ryan, Tadhg Beirne, Ryan Baird, Iain Henderson, Joe Mccarthy and Kieran Treadwell all chosen ahead of him.
But the former Stormers man is now in with a chance of making it to the World Cup after all after being named in the preliminary 40-man South African squad for next month's Rugby Championship,
