Rugby-Kleyn pinching himself at turn of fortunes with Springboks

Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 - South Africa Training - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - September 22, 2023 South Africa's Jean Kleyn during training REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PRESLES COURCELLES, France (Reuters) - South Africa lock Jean Kleyn is unlikely to make the line-up for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final but as a member of the 33-man squad he is still pinching himself at how dramatically his fortunes have turned during the last months.

A beneficiary of World Rugby’s revised eligibility rules, Kleyn competed at the World Cup for the Springboks in France four years after donning Irish colours at the last tournament in Japan.