Comments on: Bookies back Cats merger

By: viewer(viewer)

viewer(viewer) — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:03:04 +0000

@TMR 51
Being @ Ellis is a bit jarring (for me at least). There’s never enough people there for that atmosphere or spark in the air that should accompany a SR match
Unfortunately its right next to one of the seediest neighbourhoods in SA. No pre-game or post-game buzz can flourish next to a filthy slum

By: viewer(viewer)

viewer(viewer) — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:54:54 +0000

@72 Blitz
That’s naïve of you to think the Kings players
will be majority black. The reality will be very different
And by the way how are the lions & cheetahs faring with all those “non-quota” players

By: Xkreni-WP(Xkreni-WP)

Xkreni-WP(Xkreni-WP) — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:39:23 +0000

@RL(RL)-11: Or 80% of little lulu's salary. He is worthless as it is as a rugby player and human being

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:53:11 +0000

SARU will shaft the Kings the same way they shafted the Spears and basically handed the Lions years of unbridled mediocrity….watch!

South Africa: Rugby Plot Fails to Douse Spear’s Super 14 Hopes
Business Day (Johannesburg)

September 23, 2006
Posted to the web September 24, 2006
Craig Ray
Johannesburg

SA RUGBY’S attempt to buy out of its commitment to include the Southern Spears in the 2007 Super 14 season has stalled. Saru had hoped to acquire large stakes of the commercial arms of unions that own the troublesome franchise.

It was anticipated that SA Rugby would announce the purchase of 25,1% of shares in Eastern Province and the South Western Districts Eagles. The national body was also expected to make public the acquisition of a further 24,9% stake in each union through the purchase of shares from South African Investment Limited (SAIL), which would have given them a 50% stake in each union.

This would have given Saru enough power to exercise a controlling interest over the Spears.
But on Friday night it became clear that EP and the Eagles had declined the offer. SAIL representatives were not available for comment.

Saru had earlier received written confirmation that the Border Rugby Union, the third partner in the Spears franchise, would sell its shares to them.

But shareholders of EP and the Eagles have refused to budge until at least Tuesday.
That is when Saru’s application for leave to appeal the August 4 decision of Judge Dennis Davis — who ruled that the Spears have the right to play in the 2007 Super 14 — will be heard.

The judge also ruled that the Spears were due compensation for missing out on the 2006 Currie Cup. If is successful in their application, the matter could spend months in court.

The Spears are claiming R7.5m in damages in a counter-suit for losses incurred after being eliminated from this year’s Currie Cup.

By: Michael(mikeybrass)

Michael(mikeybrass) — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:43:05 +0000

Michael Killan of the Lions is also from the Eastern Cape.

By: roobarb2(roobarb2)

roobarb2(roobarb2) — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:12:05 +0000

@TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)-80: JJ Engelbrecht, Rayno Gerber, Kirchner, Ndungane, altwee Potgieters CJ Stander, Stegman

By: Atlas(Atlas)

Atlas(Atlas) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:53 +0000

@Transformation(Transformation)-83: Open invitation @CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark)-85: Never been there. Don't wont to. Loftus is in a secure place. I always feel save

By: TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)

TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:37:21 +0000

And so is Elton Jantjies (Yes I know – not Bulls)

By: TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)

TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:36:15 +0000

@Transformation(Transformation)-84: I think Vermaak is from somewhere in the Karoo maybe

By: CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark)

CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:27:55 +0000

@Atlas(Atlas)-82:

Yeah, it’s sad really. The last game I went to was the Bok-Aus game (where we smashed them 53-8).

Once you in the ground it’s cool, but stuff it’s a ***** getting there!!!

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:27:09 +0000

@TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)-80: zane, ndungane, basson, dewald, jaque, jj engelbrecht

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:25:14 +0000

@Atlas(Atlas)-78: well your team is out of town so it's a pity as i'm off to jozi this evening...would love to go to loftus.

By: Atlas(Atlas)

Atlas(Atlas) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:24:58 +0000

@CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark)-76: The Lions had a chance to move Ellis Park to the north in the early 90's They opted not to, now they are in the crapper I won 4 tickets to Ellis Park a few weeks ago, and just won't go Not because the Lions are k@k, but I don't want to go to that s.hithole

By: Michael(mikeybrass)

Michael(mikeybrass) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:23:25 +0000

@grant10(grant100)-79: It also happens in the Western Cape. Should the Stormers be no more as a consequence? And surely then you realise that violence cannot happen if no one supports rugby, thus negating your own original argument.

By: TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)

TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:22:42 +0000

@roobarb2(roobarb2)-60: I suspected as much. Please remind me again who they are I can think of Dewald Potgieter, other Potgieter, Ndungane, Vermaak maybe?

By: grant10(grant100)

grant10(grant100) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:18:57 +0000

transformation, its not a once off incident … it happens every weekend

By: Atlas(Atlas)

Atlas(Atlas) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:16:04 +0000

@Transformation(Transformation)-74: We don't always see eye to eye, but if you're in Pretoria I'll have some losie tickets for you.

By: CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark)

CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:16:03 +0000

@Blitzbok(Blitzbok)-72: Wow, somebody has Daddy issues. Poor little man (sorry, I mean boy).

By: CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark)

CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)(londonshark) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:14:28 +0000

I refuse to go to Ellis Park unless it’s a Bok vs NZL game. If the Lions sold Ellis Park and moved to Soccer City people would go (I know I would).

The Lions aren’t tapping into the huuuuge Sharks and WP market in Gauteng. Look at Loftus, if the Sharks or WP play 40% of the fan’s aren’t in blue. The Lions refusual to move from Hillbrow keeps those fans out, even when their own team is playing.

There are a couple guys with their fingers in the Ellis Park pie who are stopping what really is a no brainer.

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:12:59 +0000

@Blitzbok(Blitzbok)-72: Alucard you're a shithead! msunu wakho