Rory Kockott has been in France for twelve years. Twelve years spent in Castres before joining Stade Français this summer for a few weeks’ freelance work which was finally extended. The scrum half obtained his French passport on Monday in Albi.
“After spending a third of my life in France, it is a pride to be today a citizen of this country,” declared the player, who was born and raised in South Africa, at the microphone of France 3. My children were born here and I share the values of France. It’s very emotional for me and my whole family. » Double French champion with the CO (2013 and 2018), Kockott also obtained 11 selections for the French team, notably participating in the 2015 World Cup, at a time when it was not necessarily necessary to have a French passport to play for the selection (the rule changed when Bernard Laporte became president of the FFR at the end of 2016).
