Schoeman will not be eligible in time to play for Scotland against Romania or Georgia in JulyHe will miss out on his chance to play for Scotland this summer, but Pierre Schoeman, Edinburgh’s South Africa-born prop, says he is happy to bide his time and concentrate on his club commitments as he waits to become eligible for his adopted country. Schoeman joined Edinburgh from the Pretoria-based Bulls in 2018. At that point it was expected that he would have to wait five years before he could represent Scotland, but when Covid-19 struck last year and disrupted the international calendar World Rugby, the game’s global governing body, decided to revert to a three-year residence requirement for a limited period. SponsoredIt was thought that Schoeman would be available for Scotland’s summer tour matches against Romania on July 10 and Georgia on July 17,

Source: The Times May 13, 2021 23:02 UTC