Cash-strapped Lions tighten belts

Cash-strapped Lions tighten belts

18 Dec 2011

The Golden Lions Rugby Union insists it will be able to pay its players despite having ‘financial difficulties’.

GLRU deputy president Altmann Allers told the Sunday Times that the union is in ‘the process of huge restructuring’ and that ‘people have been retrenched’, but dismissed reports that player salaries would not be paid this month.

‘I wonder if the rumours will go away when the players get paid this week?’ Allers countered. ‘It is true that we are going through some financial difficulties but the players’ salaries will not be affected. I don’t know if it is a misunderstanding or if someone misinterpreted the situation, but we are going to meet our obligations in 2012 and beyond. We are in financial difficulty but that is exactly why we are cutting back.

‘There are a number of players whose contracts we didn’t renew,’ he added, careful not to go into specifics. ‘We are in negotiations to terminate [the contracts of] 13 others.’

Allers estimates the union will have 40 to 45 senior contracted players in 2012, 30 fewer than last season.


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  • 351.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 10:03 am

    @Transformation-349:

    Who cares anyway?

    Football is the dumbest game ever invented.

    0 – 0 :lol: Ha ha ha

  • 352.Upho: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 10:05 am

    @Transformation-349:

    you’re right on both points…!!

  • 353.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 10:11 am

    @HHS-339: No man, that’s so sad. How do you carry on?

  • 354.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 10:12 am

    they are snakes those cousins, no two ways about it.
    would not put anything past them.

    i have said it before… sa rugby needs hardmen of yore…

    a revamped louis luyt type to lead us, and teach those naughty antipodes some good lessons, who is hard for the right reasons but not verkrampt and fixated on the old racial issues.

  • 355.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 10:18 am

    Just smacks of sour grapes by the NH administrators. Serves them right.

    Cry me a river as HG would say….

  • 356.HHS: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 10:26 am

    @>^..^< katman-353: Don’t know bud, but it’s going to be one long process. Personally I don’t want to experience something like that in my life time, it will break me.

  • 357.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:22 am

    The Toyota Cheetahs will have the honour of opening the newly built stadium for top New Zealand franchise, the Canterbury Crusaders.

    The Seven-time Super Rugby champions will move to their replacement stadium – Rugby League Park – after a season in the travelling wilderness following the devastating earthquake in Christchurch earlier this year that deprived them of their regular ground – the old Lancaster Park (these days Jade Stadium).

    But with the news that a new ground will be built for the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby season, the Crusaders announced today that they will officially open the stadium against the Cheetahs in their second home game on March 24.

    Hamish Riach, CEO of the Crusaders, said that contractors were working incredibly hard and were making good progress on converting the grounds to a first class sports and outdoor entertainment centre.

    “This has been an ambitious programme from the start and we are delighted that we are getting closer to having home games in Christchurch.”

    Riach said that the Crusaders were thankful of the great support they had received from Central Government and the City Council in helping turn Rugby League Park into a first class rugby ground, complete with state-of-the-art structures, new floodlights and new turf.

    No venue has been decided for the Crusaders opening home game on 9 March against the Chiefs, with a decision to be made early next year.

    The Crusaders spent the entire 2011 Super Rugby season playing away from home, and did exceptionally well, making the final where they lost against the Reds.

  • 358.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:38 am

    Some news:

    Cardiff – Welsh forward Luke Charteris will leave the Dragons at the end of the season, and has said that he will no longer ply his trade at clubs within Wales’ borders.

    According to the allblacks.com website, the lock is seen by many to be Wales best lineout forward, and his loss to Rodney Parade will be a big blow, especially considering that coach Warren Gatland has said in the past that those outside of the principality will unlikely be considered for selection.

    To combat this, Charteris agent Christian Abt told the Wales Online that he is trying to insert a clause that will allow his client’s release for international rugby.

    Apt admitted that inserting a Wales Test call up clause into a contract outside of the country was difficult, but said he had interest from a French, Japanese and Super Rugby club.

    “We are also speaking to a couple of other franchises. We have had interest from one Super Rugby franchise and also from a Japanese organisation

  • 359.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:45 am

    I wonder which Super Rugby club is expressing interest?

  • 360.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:50 am

    @Sasuke-357:
    go cheetahs!
    go heinrich!

  • 361.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:52 am

    @stormersboy-359:
    my money’s on an ozzie outfit.

  • 362.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:52 am

    @stormersboy-359:
    The Sharks are certainly weak in the lock dept.

  • 363.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:53 am

    @stormersboy-359: Imagine it’s the Stormers. With Charteris standing alongside Bekker you’d be forgiven for thinking the Twin Towers have been resurrected. Fckn long piece of timber, that Taff. And bloody good. Made an excellent partnership with Alun Wyn Jones.

  • 364.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:53 am

    @au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-361:
    Yeah probably.

  • 365.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:53 am

    @au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-361: Probably, considering that they have to compete financially.

  • 366.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:54 am

    @John Galt-362: I thought of them.

    @>^..^< katman-363: would be an awesome sight for sure!

  • 367.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:54 am

    @stormersboy-359: it better be the sharks, they’re thin at lock having ended the currie cup playing one-trick pony jean deysel at 2nd row.

  • 368.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:57 am

    @Transformation-367: They should throw some money at Mark Andrews. He would fit their age profile.

  • 369.Upho: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 11:58 am

    @stormersboy-359:

    fact that the news is leaked via a kiwi website would suggest they got inside info from a kiwi franchise…

  • 370.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:02 pm

    @>^..^< katman-363: They were both great at the World Cup. Will be interesting to see how he performs in Superugby.

  • 371.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:04 pm

    @Upho-369: I think because Gatland is a kiwi thats why it appeared on a Kiwi website. Maybe.

  • 372.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:05 pm

    @>^..^< katman-368: lol

  • 373.Upho: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:10 pm

    @Sasuke-371:

    quite possible too…

    but you’re more likely to be chatting to new employers to secure your new position before chatting to your current employer and telling your boss you’re looking to quit…

  • 374.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:16 pm

    Crusaders travelled to the moon and back this year and were only narrowly beaten at the last hurdle, they will win the S15 next year.

  • 375.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:17 pm

    @Transformation-367:
    I’d almost rather have him at 4, ask him to be a Brad Thorne type workhorse which allows Alberts up to play the 7 role as only he can, with Daniel and Kanko freed up to cause havoc.

  • 376.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:17 pm

    @NZINCHINA-374: Maybe

  • 377.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:21 pm

    @Heavens Game-155: 2012 is going to be a interesting year in the SANZAR board room, the kiwis are already bleating about, wait for it, “the duplicity of their SANZAR partners”! hahaha the kiwis crying about duplicity after their horse Beaumont bombed, schweeeeet :mrgreen:

    http://www.skysport.co.nz/article/rugby-union/columns/something-stinks-in-the-boardroom-53891/

  • 378.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:22 pm

    @>^..^< katman-368:
    Probably lower the avg age actually.

  • 379.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:23 pm

    @Sasuke-376:

    A bigger maybe than any other team though, what they did this year was incredible, beating the Stormers with 10 front line players injured and away from home was very impressive ( and not one complaint about travelling maybe there’s a lesson to be learn’t there for some other teams)

  • 380.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:24 pm

    @Transformation-377:

    nah Tranny we won’t complain we’ll just win like we usually do

  • 381.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:27 pm

    @Transformation-377:
    Let the games begin.
    TJ seems to have Hoskins’ number though. No arguments there.

  • 382.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:27 pm

    @Transformation-377: I had no idea that TJ could be such a sourpuss :lol:

  • 383.mvk: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:31 pm

    so the super14 wooden spoon awaits the lions…yet again.

  • 384.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:32 pm

    @mvk-383:

    How about a Bokke/Lions double what odds?

  • 385.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:37 pm

    @NZINCHINA-374:
    lets just say they should be the bookies favourite as usual but this is not a guarantee of success. 1 title in 5 years could easily become 1 title in 6 years.
    thorn, reechee and carter are still central to the teams success, no?

  • 386.mvk: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:39 pm

    @NZINCHINA-384: i am not a betting man but i guess good money could be made here. :D

  • 387.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:40 pm

    @John Galt-381:
    hoskins has a number?.. :shock:

  • 388.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:41 pm

    @au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-385:

    Thorn gone, Richie and DC vital but as the WC showed no DC and a busted McCaw was still good enough.

  • 389.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:42 pm

    @au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-387: 28 takes up the nought from o’neill altyd :-)

  • 390.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:43 pm

    @mvk-383: Capo you idiot, there are 15 teams playing super rugby, not 14 … Get it?

  • 391.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:46 pm

    @Transformation-377:
    hehehe these kiwis are so silly most times :grin:

    love his description of hoskins in the article… tony johnson..?..ffuckin chop…

  • 392.mvk: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:46 pm

    just read that the maties will provide substitutes for sarries second team next month.in light of this, is it possible according to sanzar rules for the lions to count on their fellow s14 teams to do the same for them seeing that they are on a mission to get rid of their players?

  • 393.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:46 pm

    @Roar my Lions …. Currie Cup Champions 2011-382: you should start listening carefully at the end of EVERY Reunion show, he ALWAYS has a wee rant about something!

  • 394.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:47 pm

    @mvk-386:

    Nearly impossible to get the wooden now that the Argies are involved.

  • 395.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:48 pm

    @Transformation-389:
    :lol:
    true.. true…

  • 396.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:49 pm

    Which is great news for the Bokke as they had collected more than their fair share over the years.

  • 397.mvk: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:49 pm

    totally forgot…14 super teams plus one mickey mouse team equals 15. :D

  • 398.mvk: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:52 pm

    @NZINCHINA-394: don’t count on that.the argies will be up for it.the boks experiment during wc’s …remember. :D

  • 399.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:55 pm

    @NZINCHINA-388:
    well good luck to them all the same.
    i personally will not place any bets on them winning the comp but will certainly bet on them winning a lot of their games.

  • 400.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    20 Dec 2011, 12:55 pm

    @mvk-398:

    The Argies ran us very hard for 60 mins at the garden of Eden so they will be very competitive at home.

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