I know how you feel, when the bulls had those bad years before Heyneke took over….I think Ludeke should make way for Eugene Eloff

The worst is that we just shut up and hope the Boks do well. We are so conditioned now that our S12\14 teams lose that there isn’t a outcry anymore.

People who love rugby should be in charge. People that know rugby and bussiness. I’ll join Oranje Orakel in shouting “Down with th clown” and “A better game for all”. I’ll even add this one “Down with the circus!”

Cheers

As far as I can figure, this may be how it happend:

Hoskins to Granger – There will be an audit.
Granger to Prinsloo – Hoskins says he is gonna fire your ***, how do you feel about it?
Prinsloo to Granger – I don’t thiink Hoskins would’ve said that.
Granger in article – Prinsloo defies Hoskins!

Or maybe that isn’t how it happened at all. It sucks following these developments when the news is so far from transparrent.

I doubt wether after friday anyone will just get on with it, there is too much interest in damning whoever takes over – after all journos have to eat, and if journo x doesn’t write this **** then journo y will get in there. This stuff is worse than French politics.

Roll on Friday , lets get the new guy elected and hopefully get on with the running of rugby (at least till the next election…….when the same will be said and the same media will be hyping up 2 new guys and so on and so on…..)

As for the article, I don’t get it. Did Hoskins actually say anyone was going to be fired or did Granger simply infer this from OH’s comment that SA rugby would face an audit? If the latter, then what was it that Johan Prinsloo was responding to when he said he doubted Hoskins could have said it?

I am a staunch Cats fan , been really hard the last few years but I am ever hopefull. Each year I have renewed hope that this will be our year!

I am sure that he is aware of us all watching, so he isn’t going to make sweeping moves like fire JW! Please, those who think this will happen are really short sighted. JW knows that he will be judged on the next WC. I am sure he has plenty of sleepness nights about it … and so he should! (“,)

Good luck Jake, u gonna need it!

But, back to my point, like all orgs (even SARFU) the rot starts at the top. Put a new man in, he has 2 years to pull it straight. As for the org structure, put him in power and lets see what he does, we already can see how directionless BvR has been and will remain. Those of you who feel that things will get better under BvR, think again. The mess will continue until he is dethrowned!

Lets hope that the change in guard is a good one! And Oregan, we will be watching you, always! (“,)

P.S. Will I am on my high horse, will someone please tell Simon to actually use a header for his submittals/blogs that actually have something to do with the story! I am tired of reading a different article to what the title suggests. I am not a journo but its looks unprofessional!

I am a Bulls fan, and very proud of it….grew up across the road from Loftus….

Cheers

PLEASE tell me you not REALLY a Bulls fan??? I was just getting to like you…..

How would the sponsors feel if Straueli was appointed in some capacity at SA Rugby(by Hoskins or the Sharks if Hoskins becomes President) It was not too long ago that Straueli brought the Springbok name and SA Rugby to the lowest it’s ever been with Camp Staaldraad and his archaiac ways.

Confusion reigns about the rugby match planned between the Springboks and a world team at Ellis Park on June 3.

The International Rugby Board may not give permission for this match, but SA Rugby’s CEO, Johan Prinsloo, believes permission is not necessary because the match will not have Test status.

“It’s not a case of asking permission. We have to inform them (the IRB) and I’ve done that verbally and I’ve also sent a letter,” Prinsloo said.

The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced on Tuesday that the Springboks will play a world team in a warm-up match, but the IRB’s CEO, Mike Miller, says the match has not been approved.

Miller says SA Rugby sent an application to the IRB, but it was withdrawn.

The proceeds of the match would have gone to the Players’ Association, Sarpa, but the IRB raised objections because some agents would also have benefited.

Last year the Springboks were supposed to play against a similar invitation team at Twickenham, but the IRB scuppered these plans.

The Lions said in a statement on Tuesday that players of the cailbre of Carlos Spencer, Justin Marshall and Bruce Reihana, as well as coach Bob Dwyer have been approached.

The Lions’ president, Jannie Ferreira, said the match planned for Ellis Park was not being organised by the Lions.

“It is not the Lions’ match and we haven’t been included in the arrangements. The match is being organised by Sarpa and any request or notification to the IRB should be channelled through SA Rugby,” Ferreira said.

Sarpa’s chairperson, Hennie le Roux, said permission for the match had to be sought by SA Rugby and that his organisation could not do it: “After all the match is being played under the auspices of SA Rugby.”

The bad news is that a CEO falls under a different law to the Labour Relations Act.

You should be a bit more concerned about your own position boet.

On the rest he is right, but surely one would have expected any modern business organisation to have a performance appraisal system in place where people are judged on a balanced scorecard for performance with penalties and incentives in…….

Oh, I forgot….

We’re talking SARU here.