Hoskins wants Jake
28 Jun 2006
Saru President Regan Hoskins is confident the Jake White contract saga will be resolved by tomorrow.
Hoskins was adamant that White must remain as the Springbok coach as the alternatives would almost surely put paid to the country’s chances at the World Cup next year.
Hoskins and SA Rugby board chairman Mpumelelo Tshume will meet White in Cape Town at a venue still to be decided and will hopefully put the matter to bed once and for all.
A frustrated president told keo.co.za that he wished for sanity to prevail on the matter after conflicting media reports. “This is a sensitive matter and as the people running the game we need to address the situation urgently to ensure we do not lose Jake,” Hoskins said.
“It would be ludicrous of us to allow this situation to become any worse. We still want Jake as Springbok coach and I’m sure we will resolve this matter tomorrow.”
Hoskins accused the media of adding fuel to the fire. “The media has made this thing bigger than it is. And journalistic comment has caused the matter to be blown out of proportion.”
Certain reports have indicated that SA Rugby’s board members do not wish for White to continue as coach, but it seems that with the Tshume attending the meeting that rumour is set to be squashed.
Hoskins told keo.co.za that all three men would sit down and attempt to sort the mess out. “There is no doubt in my mind that Jake must stay as coach and hopefully we can reach a solution tomorrow.”
White has already indicated his “heart is with the Springboks”. That means if Hoskins and Tshume can somehow persuade the coach that he need not be paranoid about being axed, then the matter may well be resolved in the next 36 hours.
Meanwhile, the latest shambles in SA Rugby, has even forced President Thabo Mbeki to chirp that the Tri-Nations should be postponed.
Citing the loss to France at the weekend and White’s contract saga, Mbeki made the remark to New Zealand’s Malcolm John McGoun, asking him if the competition could be postponed.
“I’m worried about the All Blacks, Mr High Commissioner,” Sapa reported Mbeki as saying. McGoun though offered little sympathy: “I’m not sure that would be a very popular decision.”
By Andrew Hollely
29 Comments
28 Jun 2006, 11:28 am
vat so!
28 Jun 2006, 11:30 am
yes mbeki,
postpone the tri nations, why not postpone the world cup too, wait until the boks are peaking and then play the world cup
idiot
28 Jun 2006, 11:33 am
can’t wait for tri-nations to begin. bokke by 5 in every away test.
28 Jun 2006, 11:38 am
sal jy geld daarop wed kemp?
28 Jun 2006, 11:38 am
agh nee man, mbeki’s comment was tongue in cheek.
28 Jun 2006, 11:40 am
jip, my 1985 opel kadet met 202 000km op die klok…
28 Jun 2006, 11:44 am
And so are the days of our lives.
What’s next ?
28 Jun 2006, 11:46 am
sien keo het nou sy artikel verander!
28 Jun 2006, 11:51 am
hey, at least thabo is looking out for us! sounds like he at least knows whats going on. some other idiots would probably have called it the tri-currie cup.
28 Jun 2006, 11:58 am
If Hoskins sorts this out in a proper mannner (i.e. keeping Jake and giving him the tools he needs to do his job succesfully) he will have my support and the respect of people who are both intelligent and informed.
28 Jun 2006, 11:59 am
Is it not called the Tri-Currie Cup?
28 Jun 2006, 12:13 pm
Thai-Currie Cup
28 Jun 2006, 12:58 pm
yip, thought our SA journos were doing the indicent proud once more.
there seems to be a wholly distorted picture that has grown up around white. where’s the integrity? is there such a thing in SA journalism? surely there has to be an element of truth to the news.
28 Jun 2006, 13:11 pm
Hey ebay, who are you to call our president an idiot.
The guy has more brains in his one finger than you have in your peabrain.
28 Jun 2006, 13:16 pm
If nine of the unions are technically bankrupt, it is a joke (as written before) that they should actually have the right to vote on Jake’s future. His contract should be sorted out as in yesterday, and then Hoskins needs to do everything to amend the constitution to take voting rights on the Springbok coach away from the unions. In any case, matters regarding the coach should be dealt with by Hoskins and an independent panel of hopefully ex-players of high regard. It seems dodgy Basson and Markgraaff are hard at work again behind the scenes. We must learn from this. The national cause should be the most important aspect and unions should have little or no say in the matter. Get rid of the red tape.
28 Jun 2006, 13:23 pm
Superbok, we’re all agreed but how do we do it? How do you take power away from the incompetentent people when their power is enshrined in the SARU constitution?
Answers on a postcard please?
28 Jun 2006, 13:26 pm
Andrew,
post 13 is not directed at you, rather the contents of the article describing the whole media storm. I am glad you reported this.
28 Jun 2006, 13:29 pm
Hoskins needs to give Jake White what he wants, which is to be Bok coach until 2009. Allow White also to keep his players. They may need to ask White if he can bring the next Bok coach in under his wing as Bok assistant coach. This will continue the great atmosphere White has created since taking over. I wuold have hoped Mallet would have rushed to White’s rescue, since both men r very similar in their atitude.
28 Jun 2006, 13:32 pm
How about slowly but surely reducing the money that’s paid to these unions. We need to reduce the number of rugby players in the country anyway. These unions need to be run like a business. If they’re bankrupt, they can’t vote. Simple as that.
28 Jun 2006, 13:36 pm
Ek verstaan hoekom die ander parlementslede sulke dom kommentaar lewer as ek na hul leier luister.
Die helfte van die parlement is donkies.
28 Jun 2006, 13:59 pm
e-bay, you twat, that was supposed to be Mbeki’s version of humor. If you can’t read between the phucking lines then you must really be a moron.
Get off this site and go listen to your steve hoffmeyer and kurt darren records you ********!!
28 Jun 2006, 14:28 pm
You got to love these moogies in parlement, who exactly do they think they ARE LMFAO.
Mbeki why not put the economy and Rand on hold so we can sort out the crime?
DOOS.
28 Jun 2006, 14:40 pm
wls and ebay addict
If you dont have the wit to understand that Mbeki’s comment was a joke, then you must be about 6 years old and dysfunctional.
Even Jerry Springer would struggle to find a place for you two…
Bloody idiots! Catch a wake up call or learn to read properly.
28 Jun 2006, 15:27 pm
Spot on ikeys on post 5
28 Jun 2006, 15:40 pm
23, Wascal – include Sampioen in the Three Stooges…
28 Jun 2006, 15:41 pm
Our idiot unions will retrench all the players to save money for their own salaries
28 Jun 2006, 16:05 pm
If JW was playing a wild card on being approached by the FRU then he made a crucial mistake here, but I doubt that was the case.
By dropping Sephaka and Shimanga from the bench against France, JW challanged the anc and their ‘Transformation’, there might be no come back for him from that act.
Hoskins is just a token and a pawn like B.v.Rooyan was before him, he has no say in the matter despite the prevailing perception.
28 Jun 2006, 19:32 pm
confidence from a SARU administrator. That puts my mind at ease
29 Jun 2006, 08:49 am
I think instead of firing Jake, they should give Jake the following backing:
- Complete control of South African contracted players. Players are bought out of their provincial contract and belong to SA Rugby. This would mean that Jake will have a say where, for whom, what position and when a player should play. Any player who doesn’t agree with this professional setup will simply have to spend the rest of his career wondering if his ignorance cut him short.
- The Super 14 should be a draft system. All five franchises should come together and put players name in a pool that they want to select and not going to select. The rest will go around the country strengthening each other.
- Jake should have the freedom to pick who he wants but only players that have been fed through the system.
Maybe they should give Jake the following structure:
Director of Rugby: Morne Du Plessis (Nick Mallet)
Head Coach: Jake White
Forwards Coach: Heyneke Meyer
Backs Coach: Pieter de Villiers
Technical Analyst: Rassie Erasmus
Kicking Coach: Naas Botha
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