‘The Bulls thought CJ was a cheap catch, a farm boy’

CJ Stander’s dad cracked open the special brew and spoke produly to John Fallon in George about the rugby journey his son has taken.

It doesn’t take long to work out how CJ Stander is so grounded when you spend time in the company of his family outside George in the Western Cape.

Dad Jannie, mum Amanda and 24-year old brother Janneman treat you as if you have just made their day by coming to the family farm, a 1,100-acre enterprise that produces tens of thousands of broccolis and cauliflowers in addition to milking 200 Friesian and Jersey cows.