Hoskins hits campaign trail
1 Feb 2006
Oregan Hoskins has revealed to keo.co.za that he met with a few northern-based Presidents in Johannesburg earlier today as he kicks off his campaign to oust Brian van Rooyen as Saru president. He denied any involvement from either Andre Markgraaff or Louis Luyt, as has been alleged.
“Andre phoned me on Sunday to wish me well,” Hoskins admitted. “But that was the first time I’ve spoken to him since he was deputy president of Saru. As for Louis Luyt, well I have no idea where that link comes from. I’ve greeted him on the odd occasion when he’s visited Absa Stadium, but have never actually spoken to him.”
Hoskins was speaking as both candidates for the Saru presidency begin to campaign in earnest for support.
“I have just had a meeting with some of the presidents in Johannesburg, just some of the guys who were in the vicinity. There were no special invitations. I reiterated to them that all I offer is honesty, integrity and a clean administration. That will be my message throughout this campaign.”
Despite the renowned bitterness and shady nature of rugby politics in South Africa, Hoskins is adamant he will not deal with presidents in exchange for votes.
“If I don’t win this election, I won’t be that upset. I will not sacrifice everything to win. I base my campaign on simple ethics, and if that’s what the rugby administrators in this country want, then I’m up for it.
“I only decided to stand for the presidency in the last couple of weeks. I was approached by various stakeholders in the game that got me thinking seriously about this. I have spoken to a number of unions, and when I saw that I do enjoy popular support, I decided to take this seriously.”
Hoskins’ campaign received a boost earlier today when Golden Lions CEO Andy Turner announced that his union would not support Van Rooyen in the election.
“I was pleasantly surprised by that decision. I take the vote of confidence in me very seriously, and I would like to repay that with honesty and integrity.”
Van Rooyen’s stint as president has been notable for the large amount of power returned to the president’s office, a situation Hoskins believes is not fully viable.
“A good way to illustrate this is to look back at when Rian [Oberholzer] and Silas [Nkanunu] were in power. There you had a very powerful CEO and a weaker president. The current situation is reversed. Brian is a very powerful president and Johan [Prinsloo] is not even in the picture. What we need is balance, as rugby guys we need to learn from our mistakes.”
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31 Jan 2006, 15:38 pm
St M
We in SA wouldn’t feel comfortable associating with you bunch of yobs from the Mud Island. We have higher aspirations in life than staning at bus stops mollesting old ladies.
I see your Goverment has no come forward with a plan to build special, bigger bus stops where you lot can congregate. Also the walls are paint resistant so that the spray paint\graffitti can be scrubbed from easier from it.
We have higher aspirations than living on the Dole. You see we actually want to make something of ourselves. We want to own more than one Reebok sweater. We don’t want to be parents at 15 and grandparents at 30. We still want our original teeth by age 35.
Naah ol chap thanks for the offer but you lot would be an embrasemnt.
Cheers
Ps. If you are in CPT during the S14 drop me a mail and we’ll go for a beer.
31 Jan 2006, 15:38 pm
Brickwall en as hy uit die mou kom moet hom nie in die donker knyp nie.
31 Jan 2006, 15:39 pm
Ek voel soos toe ek nohg klein was. Ek moet eers in my broek kak voor ek aandag kry.
Dries Scholts, Haker????? Did I miss the joke of the year or is someone serious?
31 Jan 2006, 15:40 pm
Thanks Keo
Glad you realize that you are not the supreme mind on this site!!!
31 Jan 2006, 15:41 pm
Redcard
…..en dan dink jy is die kat se snor daarna na nie….
31 Jan 2006, 15:41 pm
Brick
Classic …..
31 Jan 2006, 15:43 pm
Methos, who did u lay for and where are you now?
31 Jan 2006, 15:43 pm
hehe, meant play
31 Jan 2006, 15:43 pm
Hobo, with you hovering, any such thought (on my part) would have been an illusion
31 Jan 2006, 15:44 pm
Hobo
Soos hulle se…. Afrikaans loop so mooi soos n haai op n ou houtkatrol.
31 Jan 2006, 15:44 pm
My problem is that people talk of an England of which I am wholly unfamiliar.
Perhaps my background and education means that I just move in other circles. Perhaps the Saffas in London should seek to make the most of the opportunity and raise their station above the level they refer to.
Methos – In CT for most of March – plan to see all of Stormers home games. My email address is blink18_8 [at] yahoo dot co dot uk. Let me know if you going to any games.
31 Jan 2006, 15:45 pm
STM
In London we have no time to raise anything. We are do busy doing your (lazy Poms) work.
31 Jan 2006, 15:46 pm
Keo
Nou begin ek jou mos like , i give up for today but will be back to make sure you lift your game…
31 Jan 2006, 15:46 pm
O Ya and bringing back your money.
31 Jan 2006, 15:49 pm
Brickwall,
But your cleaning and other menial travails are much appreciated. For me the Saffas and the Poles are most industrious we have at the moment. Thank you. I trust the minimum wage is sufficient?
31 Jan 2006, 15:49 pm
Diablo
Quins in Cpt and now for GWD.
Cheers
31 Jan 2006, 15:53 pm
Oy St Mick.
Colonial days are oooovvveeeerrrr!!!!
There is no more Empire !!!!!!!!
31 Jan 2006, 15:55 pm
Methos
Don’t you dare go to any games with that turncoat.
31 Jan 2006, 15:56 pm
Turncoat? How?
I am a bok fan. Just happen to have been born English.
31 Jan 2006, 15:56 pm
StM,
i was watching highlights of that funny little roundball game last night, it was a replay of your lot and the krauts; it went to penalties and i dont think i have ever seen a captain of a national sporting team lose his bottle the way a bloke called Stuart Pierce did.
Not only would his penalty have knocked down the 747 in the sky over Ellis, but there was no attempt at maintaining a stiff upper lip thereafter. As south africans, we’d find that a bit of an unecessary display of emotion, its hard to respect grown blokes that carry on like that. Oh well, it is a new millenium and i am learning to respect cultural differences; i know for example that the french enjoy a good cry.
31 Jan 2006, 15:58 pm
Dawn
St M isn’t a turncoat. Tackler is. St M is a English man with a overinflated estimate of the English culture but he sometimes makes a good point even if it is couched in such a way that we don’t like it.
Besides it would be fun to find out in which sport he aceived this high honours.
Cheers
31 Jan 2006, 16:04 pm
methos,
It will be obvious when you meet me.
Cab,
Stuart Pearce is simply drawn from a social class with which I am not familiar. That said my memory of the event was that he behaved with great stoicism? I dont remember tears?
The memories of H*nsie Cr*nje crying on national tv begging for forgiveness is a different matter.
31 Jan 2006, 16:05 pm
Come on Chris, one piece and you think you fooled us??? You are Wp’s ***** and Keo.co.za is Brian’s.
31 Jan 2006, 16:13 pm
StM,
goodness i had no idea you were drawn from a different social class, sounds very impressive.
as for Hansie, its probably difficult for you to appreciate because unlike england, buggery is not revered in SA, and i can assure you that the thought of doing hard time in an SA jail would bring a tear to even the most hardened eye.
31 Jan 2006, 16:16 pm
Methos who cares. He’s still a turncoat!
31 Jan 2006, 16:20 pm
Besides. I can’t believe you’d rather go to a game with a pasty-faced plum-in-my-mouth fancy shmancy namby pamby spotty Englishman instead of a true Souf Effrikan cullart like me.
31 Jan 2006, 16:23 pm
Dawn,
I’ll be down your way Shell, House Van Riebeek Street if you fancy lunch?
31 Jan 2006, 16:24 pm
No way in hell.
31 Jan 2006, 16:26 pm
sherbert herbert StM thats a bit low, even for you, i mean trawling for dates on the internet, remember you still need to meet the ladies in person, which means your enhanced online photo portfolio is not going to work.
31 Jan 2006, 16:27 pm
St M
Dropped you a mail. Give the dates and we shall setup a meeting.
Cheers
31 Jan 2006, 16:27 pm
Cab,
Ever thought I might be a woman?
31 Jan 2006, 16:30 pm
Well Methos if StM is a chick I suggest you run!!! Remember those Pommy girls?? They kinda like Kiwi girls only whiter…
31 Jan 2006, 16:31 pm
St. M
Gadzooks! Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha
bwaaaaaaaabwaaaaaghbwaggggggggghahahahahahaha
ROTFLMAO
Jolly good old chap!
Tally ho!
Crikey!
For the life of me I can’t imagine why you remind me of the lyrics to that Offspring song “Pretty fly for a white guy”
“Well he’s getting a tattoo, yeah he’s getting it done.
He asked for a 13, but they drew a 31.
Friends say he’s trying too hard and he’s not quite hip.
But in his mind he’s the toughest trick”
You phoney, faker idiot you. – Hve a nice day now – poepol.
31 Jan 2006, 16:36 pm
Ahhhh
St.M….a woman?
That explains the hatred of South Africans.
I can only speak for myself, but am willing to bet that you’ve been had by so many South African boys….literally, and yet, still lust after them, hoping that just one of the good looking, genorous and humorous guys would possibly consider taking you on a date before ******** you.
All you ever get off of us is an invite to the rugby at Twickers and a quickie in the bog at the tube station on the way home.
31 Jan 2006, 16:37 pm
NO ‘getting ink done” if I remember correctly
31 Jan 2006, 16:38 pm
what a terrible thought… out of my head you demon.
31 Jan 2006, 16:39 pm
Grrr…
I’m a happily married man for a month and a half now.
Anycase I doubt it if St M is a chick. Seems to well versed in the things that go on in Public Schools
Cheers
31 Jan 2006, 16:39 pm
LOL StPete!!
31 Jan 2006, 16:40 pm
St.M
Your real name isn’t Shazza or Babs is it?
31 Jan 2006, 16:42 pm
StPB,
This imagery is killing me.
31 Jan 2006, 17:04 pm
Andre markgraaf is somewhere in the mix, trust mark to dig him out…. I am waiting for that bit.
Oregon seems a nice enough bloke, thank god its not the 80′s anymore though because then the nice guys would have gotten stuffed….. the 21st century will be the century of the nice people.
31 Jan 2006, 17:14 pm
What. You scared of a little ink?
Even I had ink done, you marshmallow.
1 Feb 2006, 08:13 am
Hoskins for President!!
1 Feb 2006, 08:46 am
Here comes **** again , Markgraaff wants to come back into rugby
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