the British & Irish Lions were here in 2009 and the Southern Kings “franchise” was resurrected, now it is 2012 and the same unions supposedly have not understood what the inclusion of the South Eastern Cape means in terms of the existing licences SARU holds, that is nonsense!

nothing has been sprung on these unions, they have been part and parcel of every step of this process but clearly there are deep-seated entitlement issues here. it is everyone’s wont to say the Kings must FIRST prove they’re ready and jump through all sort of hoops before they are allowed to participate in Super Rugby but the current licence holders can get up to all sort of s(hit in the meantime and there is NO accountability on their parts – lions can lose all 13 of their games if they want and they can be a financial nightmare and it’s all good.

the likes of De Klerk are panicking and speaking in tongues to save the gatte!

De Klerk emphasised the need for Saru to make a decision that would be in the interests of South African rugby in general.

“It (the inclusion of the Kings) has to be a rugby decision, not a political decision,” De Klerk said.

“Perhaps a Super 16 series could be the solution, and we will continue hoping that another franchise could be accommodated.

“The restructuring of the existing franchises to include the southern and eastern Cape unions is another possible solution.

Unions should stay in the curry cup the the super rugb franchises should be professionally managed, based in the big cities and not be held captive by unions. The players should be centrally contracted and the bok coach should have input, only inlput into where and how the players should play. it should be national interest first not petty union issues first.

The cheethas and the lion may as well not bein super rugby for all the impact they have.

Finally I think rugby in SA is dying, albeit slowly. PA sneers at Tac’s estimates but doesn’t provide real numbers. They may be interesting, particularly with time.

Same applies to SA rugby. A game without lineouts, mauls, and a lot of forward play and kicking simply doesn’t suit us. You’re in for lots more heartache if you continue to want to dominate the world in basketball style Sevens rugby.

looked like a bunch of glory hunters to me tonight, not one looked to put his fellows into space.

seriosly poor and embarrassing imo, maybe they have accepted mediocrity?

watching cecil afrika and branco d smallfry try and goose step every player is simply excrutiating.

paul treu for bok backline coach? bwaaahaaa, the okes he trains dont even have the requiste skills for sevens.

fkken waste of time.

p.s. thes boys look sh i t scared, they must not waste my time in future.