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born 1995 South Africa
Marco Gerhardt van Staden (born 25 August 1995) is a South African professional rugby union player formerly of Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby, England's top domestic tier of rugby. He also previously played for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge.
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But I can only control what I do, and what I can control now is to play the best that I can for the Bulls. I can’t control the rest.
I was given an opportunity at the Tuks rugby academy, but my parents had to pay for it and I had to study sports science.
Now that Akker is out for a while, I’m happy to do both roles
So whatever position is needed on the weekend, if I go on a hooker or flank, I can know my detail.
Yes, It actually started when Akker got an injury and because I’ve fulfilled that role with the Springboks in the past, I was asked to do that.
And what the team needs is an advantage, but yeah, for me, I think it's what the team needs, and if I can play in that role, give the team an advantage, I'm happy.
I suppose the process to get where I am today has been exactly like that of making a knife – what the steel looks like in the beginning to how it becomes the final product.
To this day, if I'm working on something myself, I'll phone him maybe three times a day for advice
But I take my hat off to him because he backed me. He told me to go for it
‘I can’t compare to Francois Louw. He’s a wonderful player on his own, I don’t want to compare myself to a great player like him
I’m happy with the way I’m playing now but credit has to go the Bulls’ coaching staff for implementing a system that suits my game
My dad and I are very close. I don't have a brother, and he's almost like a brother to me as well as my father.
We did everything together. It was he who taught me how to work with my hands.
I've had to work for it. My dad also taught me the value of hard work.
My dad and I then built our own kiln and started making our own knives,While I was at school we'd spend many late nights in his workshop making a knife.
My father and my grandfather were both mechanical engineers, and it would've made sense for my father to tell me I need to rather just go and study mechanical engineering.
When I got released from the squad last year, I was disappointed. It wasn’t my time and I accept that.
Yeah, like you say, it's developing a lot of multiple positions, but, yeah, for me, for me it's just wherever the coach wants me to play, I'll play.
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