It’s far from over for ousted Saru president Brian van Rooyen, and he is going to have to pay his own lawyer’s fees. The somewhat controversial All Black test at Rustenburg will also go ahead.
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It’s far from over for ousted Saru president Brian van Rooyen, and he is going to have to pay his own lawyer’s fees. The somewhat controversial All Black test at Rustenburg will also go ahead.
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Report by David Spohr The first transparent meeting of the SARU President’s Council has lead to the decision that the Spears may actually not be in the Super 14 next year. As predicted by DavidS, Oregan Hoskins has proved to be a technocrat rather than a leader.
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We’ve spent a lot of time pontificating about the possible inclusion or not of the Spears in next year’s competition. In the meantime our debutantes the Central Cheetahs have quietly gone about the business of making sure they’re not the ones fighting the court battles with SARU and the SEC outfit. This leaves the...
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The CEO of the Bulls have come under fire after apparently being responsible for a loss of almost R3 million to the union, due to a sponsorship row.
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“Transparency is vital. I want the minutes of meetings to be made available to the public. As soon as you have lack of transparency, you have a fertile breeding ground for corruption.” – Hoskins.
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The Bulls – in sticking to the bare minimum requirements – are not meeting the transformation quotas that were agreed to, and Saru has pointed this out to them in a carefully worded written reprimand.
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It looks done and dusted, the Spears WILL be participating in Super 14 2007 and one of the Big Five will either have agreed to amalgamate for a year or suffer a demotion to Currie Cup. At this stage it would take a Herculean effort for South Africa’s richest and most powerful city to...
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Yesterday we had the news that Jake White disagrees with the appointment of a Director of Rugby in South Africa. Jake’s reasoning was that our problem was not so much needing a Director of Rugby as it was one of consistency in coaching. Well Jake, I don’t think you understood the question. And as...
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The ideal situation is to eventually find a permanent home for the RWC Tournament. In the mean time nailing down a time slot for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand will be one of the biggest challenges faced by local and international stakeholders in the tournament.
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Springbok coach Jake White is a frustrated man and one can hardly blame him.
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Recently we heard that Jake White has contracted yet another overseas based ex Springbok to his national squad in preparation for the Rugby World Cup 2007. Yes we are happy that the prematurely lost skills of the best post isolation outside centre will be added to the Boks. But is there a sinister message...
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Tony McKeever, CEO of the Spears franchise, has confirmed to RuggaWorld that he is in posession of a written assurance fom Saru that the new franchise will take part in the Super 14 competition of 2007 and 2008.
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SA Rugby must confirm the Spears’ place in next year’s Super 14 by noon today or face a possible court action from the new franchise in order for them to “protect their financial posisition.”
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In what, for me, is a very exciting development, a black club has appointed a white president. I haven’t come across such a situation before, at least not in contemporary times, and I’m very encouraged by it.
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“You can’t keep everybody happy” – Prinsloo It’s back to the drawing board for the Southern Spears issue and their participation in the Super 14 will be “reconsidered” after their name was removed from this year’s competitors’ agreement. Another forum will discuss the issue.
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In 2005 the IRB conducted a total of 1129 anti doping tests at international level in a testing programme that included senior, age grade and Sevens representative teams. This represents the largest annual testing programme carried out to date with a 300 test increase compared to 2004.
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Following on from our earlier report that the Big Five will sign the participation agreement shortly but plan to drop the three clauses affecting the Southern Spears, Tony McKeever, CEO – Southern Spears, is quoted in Monday’s Herald as saying the Spears WILL play in the Super 14.
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SARU and the five Super 14 franchises will apparently soon sign an agreement to regulate the management of the South African Super 14 participation. Of course this agreement should have been signed within 30 days after the ‘agreement’ the parties reached in June 2005. With Big 5 man Oregan Hoskins in charge, however, the...
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New SA Rugby boss Oregan Hoskins has indicated he will review the Super 14 relegation system – a move that could see the Southern Spears kept out of next year’s tournament.
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After the Brumbies game Kobus Van Der Merwe stunned me. He felt that the Stormers had done well. They had walked away from a home stadium match against a team without a tight five with a draw. This was a positive, apparently. I have news for you sir. You ain’t tricking no fans!
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Last week I read a fan’s letter to the Chiefs. On Tuesday I read a disguised article about certain coaches and their attempts to mislead fans. The thought crossed my mind. As a long suffering fan it’s time someone wrote to the Cats management and told them how we feel about our paper tigers.
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We are often quick to criticise, we should be as quick to praise.
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Following on from the decision of Regan Hoskins, in consultation with Chairman Dolf van Huysteen and CEO Johan Prinsloo, to honour the Rustenburg test, the union have apparently announced they can meet the SARU guarantee, said to be R8 million.
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I find it truly amazing that certain people in rugby administration and coaching treat the rugby public like ignorant little children.
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New SARU president, Regan Hoskins, has made the first two decisions of his presidency. Brian van Rooyen will be probed and Rustenburg will retain their 2006 test against the All Blacks. Furthermore, Hoskins will be seeking to meet with the Spears to get a more indepth briefing.
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No venture becomes a success merely in and of itself. It takes passion, commitment and, above all, planning. If you are a club looking to prosper, move on, improve, then read on. Whatever you do, remember nothing happens by itself – it takes hard work We’ve all heard the old story – “We have...
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Regan Hoskins’ best quality is that he probably is the reluctant president; a decent man who’d really rather have backed an alternative candidate. He also got off to a good start by making no promises in the run-up to the election.
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What will the future hold for the Southern Spears franchise? Creating it was the brainchild of Brian van Rooyen, and his successor is of the view that there must be a “better way” of boosting rugby in the South Eastern Cape.
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