Comments on: Spears dumped out of Currie Cup http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/ An independent look at South African rugby Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ginamar http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90359 Ginamar Mon, 29 May 2006 12:23:34 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90359 B4theGame

The qualifying games played in the Vodacom Cup had nothing to do with the overall standings at the end of the Vodacom Cup. The games that the teams (other than the six automatic qualifiers) played against each other counted. Griquas was placed third in that log, above Boland.

]]> By: Ginamar http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90269 Ginamar Mon, 29 May 2006 11:13:56 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90269 Boland did not sign as many players (as Griquas)that have been used by various other provinces throughout the Super XIV. They also have many players overseas and the reasoning behind why the so-called bigger unions did not have to qualify is exactly that they do not have full strenght teams in the Vodacom Cup.

Griquas further never agreed and accepted the Vodacom Cup Qualifying nonsense and made that clear from the very begining.

]]> By: BrumbyIV http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90175 BrumbyIV Mon, 29 May 2006 09:57:05 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90175 how many members did the spears sign?

]]> By: B4theGame http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90144 B4theGame Mon, 29 May 2006 08:53:20 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90144 Why did Griekwas get in ahead of Boland? Who ended above Griekwas in Vodacom AND also had players out for the Stormers?

]]> By: CGKM http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90124 CGKM Mon, 29 May 2006 08:00:26 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90124 cont from 19.

and moved the games to Durban.

Atmittedly the EP administraters were short sighted enough to take the money.

They should go back to the original system by playing games in the region to help develop rugby over there.

]]> By: CGKM http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90123 CGKM Mon, 29 May 2006 07:58:18 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-90123 The Sharks super 14 franchise started this mess.
Originally EP was part of the franchise and certain of the S14 games would have been played in Port Elizabeth as well as East London.
The Sharks contracted the few EP players that made the squad and moved them to Durban.
They paid the EP union out for their home S14

]]> By: capeflatsboy http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89959 capeflatsboy Sun, 28 May 2006 20:21:30 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89959 Hmmm just shows how little you know. Rassie is a Despatch boytjie and Pedrie from SWD. The Ndugane twins are from the Border area.

]]> By: Redox http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89916 Redox Sun, 28 May 2006 15:41:57 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89916 gaffie

Yes,Thats a stange decision what have griquas done to deserve the promotion over boland now well get another court case what next!

]]> By: Hmmm http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89901 Hmmm Sun, 28 May 2006 12:48:36 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89901 justanotherfan,

Rassie, Ndungane twins, Pedrie did not come from that area

]]> By: JustAnotherFan http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89820 JustAnotherFan Sun, 28 May 2006 06:53:41 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89820 TheTackler: I think you are a clueless twit and should maybe take up soccer yourself!

Of the top of my head I can name a whole list of current players who left the Eastern Cape/SWD/Border region: Os du Randt, Brent Russell, Pedrie Wannenburg, Kabamba Floors, Luke Watson, Ndagane twins, Solly Tybalika, Keegan Daniel.

Then there were guys like Rassie Erasmus, Mark Andrews and Andre Vos.

]]> By: TheTackler http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89800 TheTackler Sun, 28 May 2006 02:45:00 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89800 43% of registered SA rugby players come from the Eastern Cape area, and still they can’t field a competitive CC team, let alone a S14 team!

Boy, those 43% of players must be bloody useless at this sport, hey? Why don’t they just take up soccer instead of wasting everybody’s time trying to play bad rugby?

]]> By: JustAnotherFan http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89773 JustAnotherFan Sat, 27 May 2006 21:21:33 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89773 reggy : hmmm …. dinarsouses? I guess you meant “dinosaur”, but maybe the word isn’t one that you use too often! :)

I think the Spears issue can’t just be swept under the carpet. I was never a fan of them playing S14 in 2007, but I think they should have been given a chance to play together in the CC for a season or two and against all the SA S14 in pre-season games and then given an oppurtunity to qualify for S14. N.B. no automatic qualification.

There is a lot of rugby talent that comes out of the the Eastern Cape (well, from Border, EC and SWD), but it ends up elsewhere. If there was a S14 side, it would stay.

]]> By: reggy http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89769 reggy Sat, 27 May 2006 20:34:11 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89769 The spears are like dinarsouses,they deserve 2 b extinct!

]]> By: BrumbyIV http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89738 BrumbyIV Sat, 27 May 2006 17:46:44 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89738 what a waste. should go to the courts.

]]> By: DEE DAH http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89728 DEE DAH Sat, 27 May 2006 17:13:30 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89728 predawn
its amazing any common sense decision in SA rugby must be immediately racist. Hopefully you were being sarcastic in which case wonderful otherwise BOLLOCKS

]]> By: Haymaker http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89719 Haymaker Sat, 27 May 2006 16:46:29 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89719 Jondood

Watch these boys come back.

This is not just going away

]]> By: jondood http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89691 jondood Sat, 27 May 2006 14:04:04 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89691 Good riddance.

Let them start at the bottom.

]]> By: Katsesnor http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89684 Katsesnor Sat, 27 May 2006 12:29:15 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89684 The Spears should have played in the CC. I don’t agree with this. BUT I think it’s not so much SARU deciding not to let them play in the CC but the three unions making-up the Spears not wanting to play along (or individuals therein). Individuals not wanting to be left off the new Spears gravy train – and “who’s the boss” mentalities – killed the Spears before SARU had no choice but to do so. This is like shooting an injured horse that have little chance of recovery and will suffer more by remaining alive. I so wish it was different. I wished for the Spears to become a new force in SA rugby to break the current boringness of the CC.

]]> By: BlueBlood http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89678 BlueBlood Sat, 27 May 2006 12:01:32 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89678 Thats gotta hurt

]]> By: Predawn http://keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89665 Predawn Sat, 27 May 2006 11:33:20 +0000 http://www.keo.co.za/2006/05/27/spears-dumped-out-of-currie-cup/#comment-89665 It’s just racist!

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