Sharks face disciplinary action
Posted by Morné - 28/01/10 at 08:01 am under Rugby AdministrationThe Sharks will have to explain to a disciplinary committee why Willem Alberts played without a clearance certificate in a friendly match against the Western Force at Newlands on Tuesday night.
Stephen Nell & Pieter Jordaan – Sport24
South African Rugby Union (SARU) legal manager Christo Ferreira confirmed on Wednesday that he had received a complaint from the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU).
“The Lions’ complaint is against Willem Alberts and Louis Ludik, and the Sharks,” said Ferreira.
Ludik is injured and has not yet played for the Sharks, but Ferreira said that the Lions are of the view that he was not allowed to train with the Sharks. The Lions believe they have binding contracts with Alberts and Ludik.
SARU referred the matter to the chairperson of its judicial committee, Lex Mpati. He will appoint a disciplinary committee to rule on the allegation that SARU’s regulation on player movement had been breached.
Sharks chief executive Brian van Zyl told Sport24 that Alberts and Ludik had exactly the same kind of contract with the Lions as Jaque Fourie.
Fourie was involved in a contractual dispute with the GLRU and an arbitrator eventually ruled that he does not have a valid contract for this year. He was therefore free to join Western Province.
“We want SARU to intervene and adjudicate on the matter, as they are obliged to do according to their regulations. We have asked SARU for over a month to intervene,” said Van Zyl when approached for comment about the latest developments.
“We believe the contracts (Alberts and Ludik) are exactly the same as that of Jaque Fourie. We have seen both. Jaque initially approached us about the possibility of coming to play here.
“What boggles the mind is that the players earn more with us than the Lions. If the contracts were valid, they would have had the right to match. They believe the players are absent without leave and have not paid them since November 1.”
Cape Town-based attorney Frikkie Erasmus, who handled Fourie’s affairs, will represent the Sharks.
“We’ll have to wait for the charge sheet to see what the situation is,” said Erasmus.
Lion’s chief executive Manie Reyneke said that he hoped the matter could be resolved soon.
“Unfortunately the players (Alberts and Ludik) will suffer. If we can get clarity as soon as possible, then the poor players will also know where they should play,” said Reyneke.
Coming in the wake of the Fourie-dispute, the Alberts/Ludik debacle has apparently exposed a major problem with contracting.
The GLRU have also benefited as Cheetahs scrumhalf JP Joubert was freed this week to play for the Lions.
“But it really is a serious issue,” said Reyneke about the exploitation of so-called grey areas in the players’ contracts.
January 28th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Aaah just get it over an done with so that we can see some rugga and not the ring necks in the boardrooms. :rant:
January 28th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Disciplinary action
Brian Van Zyl off to Die Hoof’s office
Door closes
Low grumbling voices interspersed with high pitched responses
Then
swish…. KWA
swish…KWA
swish…KWA
swish…KWA
swish..KWA
swish…KWA
Van Zyl out with bleary eyes and a red face…
And Manie Reyneke is sitting on a chair outside Meneer’s office.. and he’s next
More likely scenario
Christo ferreirra lodges the complaint in his “deleted items folder” and claims he never received it and asks Reyneke to send it again
Does
Waits three days
Discusses with Frikkie his big pellie
Frikkie tells him what to do
Doesn’t like what might happen
Tells Oregan
Also a coward
Both get Mike Stofpiele and Julius Malema to accuse Manie Reyneke of being a racist as well as Kevin De Klerk
Lions management removes them.
Everyone ignores the question of the eligibility
Ferreira breathes a sigh of relief
So does Hoskins
Frikkie counts the cash SARU and the Sharks gave him
Laughs all the way to the BMW garage where he collects his new X5…
Lions start to “rebuild” with new black administrators from the Eastern Cape appointed from CT because of Ikey roots… first order of business is to buy Gio Aplon…. and Lionel Mapoe…
January 28th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Ah
ProFFeSSor ERT, from the alternative History department of Nambabwe, have wriTTen a piece of DavideSSian proportions!
Hands oFF Mapoe Boet – let him become a properly developed player — then gthe buLLs can buy him
sEEmingly the only place for frEEstaters to without “lOOsing” the skiLLs! suCCumbing to the “lifestyle”.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Sharks chief executive Brian van Zyl told Sport24 that Alberts and Ludik had exactly the same kind of contract with the Lions as Jaque Fourie.
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In other words full of holes.
I hope they can clear this
for once and all – not doing
the game any good.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Oom D,
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groete
duiwel
January 28th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Reply to WiLLem @ 2:51 pm: Fantasy scenario meneer…
Reply to Boertjie @ 3:09 pm:
Still needs to be arbitrated and guess what…. arbitrators are NOT bound by precedent so the arbitrator in THIS case could very well come up with a different finding than the first one…