Saru to blame for Super stuff up
21 May 2012
MARK KEOHANE, in his weekly Business Day column, says Saru should be held to account for the Kings fiasco.
Where is the accountability in the South African Rugby Union for the fiasco that is the 2013 Super Rugby situation? Where is the leadership?
There never has been accountability and there never will be, whether the subject matter is transformation, the retention of coaching intellectual capital or Super Rugby participation.
Saru CEO Jurie Roux told the media that no stone would be left unturned as the national organisation, along with the regional franchises, sought a solution in which no franchise would be prejudiced.
The statement was as embarrassing as the situation the clever blokes within South African rugby have fashioned. If no stone had been left unturned then the situation would not be as it is — with none of the five existing regions in agreement on the apparent agreement that one team would be relegated to accommodate the Southern Kings next year.
The Kings were guaranteed Super Rugby because of promises made to the government, which in turn would financially stand guarantee in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup hosting tenders. The clever guys were bullish about telling the Kings they were in because they were convinced it wouldn’t be an issue to get a tournament expansion that accommodates six South African regions.
When the 14 provincial presidents so unanimously endorsed the Kings’ inclusion they did it believing five would become six and not that six would have to fit into five.
It sums up SA’s rugby administration.
Now the fight has been turned into the Kings versus the Lions because the latter are the worst performing of the South African sides — and have been for the past five years. Provincial bias has come to the fore, especially on social media networks. Racism and pure hatred have reared their head, and the Kings and Lions are the target when those who govern and administer the game in SA should be first in the queue.
In an ideal world this situation would never have been allowed to unfold. In an ideal world professionalism would come with accountability.
Those who put South African rugby in such an embarrassing situation should resign, but that will never happen. They will simply be at the next meeting making more unanimous decisions, like the one that reduced the Currie Cup to six teams before another decision a few months later changed it back to eight teams.
And so they stumble on, from one embarrassing moment to another; the very same guys who convinced themselves that SA’s 2011 World Cup campaign was a success.
It should disgust every supporter of South African rugby, but it won’t because the hapless supporter is powerless to influence change. If only Saru was listed and stakeholders actually could make a difference. If only.
Click here to read Keo’s latest SA Rugby magazine column
The chaos in the administration, fortunately, has not been translated to the general competition performance and SA will be guaranteed at least two teams (and possibly even three) in the top-six play-offs in July.
The more immediate focus is the pending three-Test series against England and the selection of Bok coach Heyneke Meyer’s first squad. The world-class players (read Bismarck du Plessis) know there is a Test series around the corner and the rise in standards has been substantial.
The selection area that looks most vulnerable is among the loose forwards — and that is the one area where no one would have figured that there would be any doubt. A month ago Meyer’s headache was who to leave out. Now it is where to find the right balance of experience, youth, power, strength and height.
Schalk Burger, Juan Smith, Duane Vermeulen and Jacques Potgieter are injured. Danie Rossouw is unavailable. Willem Alberts can’t make the Sharks Super Rugby squad and there is more mediocrity than magic among the loose-forward options.
Young Sharks loosie Marcel Coetzee is the exception and he will play many Tests, but his initial role will be from the bench. Heinrich Brüssow should start as the fetcher although his penalty transgressions this season match his turnovers, and Pierre Spies and Ryan Kankowski provide options at No 7 and No 8.
I’d still not discount the claims of France-based pair Joe van Niekerk and Jacques Cronje because of the experience they bring in the enforced absence of Burger and Smith. If the aim is to pick the best team to beat England then look all over the world to fill this team.
SA has so many world-class players here, in Europe and in Japan that if there were no prejudice about where a player was based, there would also be plenty more victories.
I’m confident who ever Meyer picks will be good enough to beat England. We have the players and in Meyer we certainly have a coach with the necessary rugby acumen.
If only it was as easy to say that about the game’s administration. If only.
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21 May 2012, 23:25 pm
@SpiesIsWorthless(SpiesIsWorthless)-200: Lets be clear here… Donkey makes one break the whole wordl cup and with that one break he manages to pass FORWARD to Lambighini in the clear??? And you say he was incisive??? Come now…
Coetzee…? I though he was the coach of STormers… But if you reckon he squeezes into a Habana or Mvovo suit to play the game then be my guest…. Fark me…
And then as for “lightweight Daniel”, Keegan has got more heart than farken 4 Johnson gluteus maximi…. That means the boy is a farken Lion… A King and Heineke would be farken stupid not to consider him…
21 May 2012, 23:27 pm
Ok maybe you read em before maybe you haven’t here a few chuckles to get your belly to wobble
Rugby is great.The players don’t wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer.I love that.
Joe Theismann
Rugby may have many problems, but the gravest is undoubtedly that of the persistence of summer.
Chris Laidlaw
The advantage law is the best law in rugby,because it lets you ignore all the others for the good of the game.
Derek Robinson
“Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.”
Oscar Wilde
After an All-Blacks surprise loss to the French in the 1999 Rugby World Cup: “The French are predictably unpredictable.”
Andrew Mehrtens.
After biting Sean Fitzpatrick’s ear: “For an 18-month suspension, I feel I probably should have torn it off. Then at least I could say, ‘Look, I’ve returned to South Africa with the guy’s ear.’”
Johan le Roux
“If the game is run properly as a professional game, you do not need 57 old farts running rugby.”
Will Carling (1995)
“I’m still an amateur, of course, but I became rugby’s first millionaire five years ago.”
David Campese (1991)
“Every time I went to tackle him, Horrocks went one way, Taylor went the other, and all I got was the bloody hyphen.”
Nick England, On trying to stop Phil Horrocks-Taylor
“The only trophy we won this day, was the blood and sweat we left on the pitch…. and it was enough”
Anon
“Don’t ask me about emotions in the Welsh dressing room. I’m someone who cries when he watches Little House on the Prairie.”
Robert Norster (1994)
“England’s coach Jack Powell, an immensely successful businessman, has the acerbic wit of Dorothy Parker and, according to most New Zealanders, a similar knowledge of rugby.”
Mark Reason Total Sport (1996)
Following Scotland’s accusations of French foul play: “If you can’t take a punch, you should play table tennis.”
Pierre Berbizier (1995)
On Wales losing 28-9 against Australia: “No leadership, no ideas. Not even enough imagination to thump someone in the line-up when the ref wasn’t looking.”
J.P.R. Williams (1984)
“The job of Welsh coach is like a minor part in a Quentin Tarantino film: you stagger on, you hallucinate, nobody seems to understand a word you say, you throw up, you get shot. Poor old Kevin Bowring has come up through the coaching structure so he knows what it takes … 15 more players than Wales have at present.”
Mark Reason Total Sport (1996)
“The relationship between the Welsh and the English is based on trust and understanding. They don’t trust us and we don’t understand them.”
Dudley Wood (1986)
“We’ve lost seven of our last eight matches. Only team that we’ve beaten was Western Samoa. Good job we didn’t play the whole of Samoa.”
Gareth Davies (1989)
Before the New Zealand v England World Cup semi-final: “Remember that rugby is a team game; all 14 of you make sure you pass the ball to Jonah.”
Anon fax to N.Z. team (1995)
On Jonah Lomu: “I’ve seen a lot people like him, but they weren’t playing on the wing.”
Colin Meads (1995)
On Jonah Lomu: “There’s no doubt about it, he’s a big *******.”
Gavin Hastings (1995)
“Colin Meads is the kind of player you expect to see emerging from a ruck with the remains of a jockstrap between his teeth.”
Tom O’Reilly
“In 1823, William Webb Ellis first picked up the ball in his arms and ran with it. And for the next 156 years forwards have been trying to work out why.”
Sir Tasker Watkins (1979)
“Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair… come the revolution the backs will be the first to be lined up against the wall and shot for living parasitically off the work of others.”
Peter Fizsimmons
“I think you enjoy the game more if you don’t know the rules. Anyway, you’re on the same wavelength as the referees.”
Jonathan Davies, A Question of Sport BBC TV (1995)
“Rugby is played by men with odd shaped balls.”
Car bumper sticker
“You’ve got to get your first tackle in early, even if it’s late.”
Ray Graved
“You blindfold yourself and spin around for 10 times and then open your eyes and try to chase it down.”
Canada coach Ric Suggitt on preparing to play against Fiji’s expansive attacking style.
“If we have to play against New Zealand, I’ll explain it like this. To win, their 15 players have to have a diarrhoea and we will have to put snipers around the field shooting at them and then we have to play the best match of our lives.”
Argentina second row Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe on a potential match-up against the All Blacks (in hindsight, beating them wasn’t so hard).
“I’d like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom.”
Nick Easter after England silenced the doubters with their quarter-final win over Australia.
“He’s the sort of player whose brain doesn’t always know where his legs are carrying him.”
Nick Farr-Jones on Campese.
“Grandmother or tails, sir?”
To Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips, Gordonstoun School’s rugby captain, for his pre-match coin-toss preference from an anonymous rugby referee in 1995.
And now for a few quips from our friends in New Zealand:
“Nobody in Rugby should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.” Jono Gibbs – Chiefs
“I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.” Rodney So’ialo – Hurricanes on University
“You guys line up alphabetically by height.” and “You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.” Colin Cooper – Hurricanes head coach
“I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.”
Chris Masoe (Hurricanes) on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt
“He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.” Colin Cooper on Paul Tito
It’s basically the same, just darker.” Kevin Senio ( Auckland ), on Night Rugby vs Day Games
“I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?’ He said, ‘David, I don’t know and I don’t care.’
David Nucifora ( Auckland ) talking about Troy Flavell
“I want to reach for 150 or 200 points this season, whichever comes first.”
David Holwell (Hurricanes) when asked about the upcoming season
“Andy Ellis – the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago” Murray Mexted
“Colin has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator.”Ma’a Nonu
“He scored that try after only 22 seconds – totally against the run of play.”Murray Mexted
“We actually got the winning try three minutes from the end but then they scored.”Phil Waugh – Waratahs
“I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.” Jerry Collins
“That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which was identical.” Tony Brown
“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.” Tana Umaga
“Sure there have been injuries and deaths in rugby – but none of them serious.” Doc Mayhew
“If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.” Anton Oliver
“I would not say he (Rico Gear) is the best left winger in the Super 14, but there are none better.” Murray Mexted
“I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.” Ewan McKenzie
Murray Deaker: “Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?” Tana Umaga: “On what?”
“Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.” Murray Mexted
“Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.”Murray Mexted
21 May 2012, 23:29 pm
again with the Daniel in the Lions den analogies..
Little Daniel same player as little Luke.. so wtf is the difference.. one got a daddy that turned the other cheeky and the other one didn’t…
21 May 2012, 23:35 pm
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-202: AND the winner is Ewan McKenzie:
““I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.”
Farken aye!
21 May 2012, 23:35 pm
Daniel is a unique player that a talented Bok coach would harness.
He is unorthodox and special Let’s see.
NOTHING LIKE WATSON
21 May 2012, 23:35 pm
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-203: Puke is the difference… Simple.
And heart…
21 May 2012, 23:40 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-201: De Villiers had a great game in the quarter-final. Wasn’t just the one break he was a constant threat if I remember right. Besides which I think we genuinely lack other contenders at outside centre for the Boks with De Jongh being the only other obvious choice. I’d also prefer De Villiers as captain over anyone else. Andries Coetzee is a fine talent that plays for the Lions, a natural footballer in my book but again there arent many other options that jump out at me besides the inevitable Habana, Pietersen that Meyer will choose.
21 May 2012, 23:42 pm
Why do I suspect a certain Mvovo will be mentioned next…
I’m traumatised by some of his defensive lapses when he last played for the Boks.
21 May 2012, 23:43 pm
@SpiesIsWorthless(SpiesIsWorthless)-207: Boks + Donkey = No Tries
Understand?
Coetzee is not in the same class of even his team mate, Taute… And Taute probably wont be a Bok sadly…
21 May 2012, 23:44 pm
Daniel – Watson – Hooper – Pocock
same player by a couple ball hairs either to the left or to the right
strange how suddenly Jake the g’dam Fake is all but crying his beloved love affair with Michael Hooper when in 2006 he was so blind to playing a fetcher he rather lose 49-0.. and waddaya know Michael Hooper is suddenly all the rage.. what happened to his bigger is better no fetcher required philosophy unless its beer fetching time?
Watson is almost identical player to Daniel.. same attributes.. similar leadership credentials.. in fact Watson might have had more .. and similar heart and similar head.. Watson was stronger especially at the ball steal and in the trenches, Daniel faster and more of an open game threat.. but Watson of 2005 +/- = Daniel of 2012.. only difference is the perception of the coaches and supporters that have changed.. and the ideological stand off ain’t standing in the way..
21 May 2012, 23:47 pm
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-210: Not even near the same…
Daniel is “new” in that he is classical “tearaway” plus back bettering ball skills that none of those loosies you mention even come close to…
Puke seems decidedly average in the company of that list…. SERIOUSLY
21 May 2012, 23:47 pm
Andries Coetsee would be a better full back or fly half than a wing.. but if wing is the only option to play him.. then like JdV and Frans Steyn started out there, A. C. I guess could do the same.
21 May 2012, 23:53 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-211:
Daniel is the poor man’s Rob Louw….. SERIOUSLY- just think about it a bit.
21 May 2012, 23:57 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-213: Daniels has got more BALLAS… Definitely.
And more intelligence… Which is not that hard when compared to Louw
SERIOUSLY
21 May 2012, 23:57 pm
we not comparing Watson of 2012.. Watson of 2012 is klaar and kaput.. pretty much like Burger and Juan Smith is.. and like Spies never was.. or Kankowski for that matter..
Today the game breakers are the youngsters..
Daniel – Hooper – Coetsee – Kolisi – Stander
But if you are denying that in 2005 Watson basically carried Sharks in pretty much all their games till John Smit had enough of having to realize that Watson was about to undermine his leadership or steal his cherry .. and JW’s stand off policies did the rest of the in depth character assassination among the boetie boetie shenanigans that went on in those change rooms.. then you just as brainwashed befuddled as the rest ..
Watson of 2005 in a personality perspective is almost a carbon copy of Daniel 2012 (apart from Daniel possessing more athletic speed to his game while Watson had much better ground ball breakdown infiltrating terrier like attributes and could hold and deliver and offload close to the advantage line better than Daniel does).
22 May 2012, 00:05 am
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-215: Watson 2005 was a cnt… Not a team man… Sharks were happy to see the back of him… Even better – he landed up at WP…Not much different to Watson of 2012… Still a twat by all accounts…
Oh how he and the Kings deserve one another… The “Martyr” and “his” team lol
22 May 2012, 00:05 am
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-214:
Rob was also a clasical tearaway flanker
He was certainly much faster than Daniel, without any doubt more skillfull.
Balls? Evens I would say, both have huge hearts.
Intelligence: On the field probably evens- off the field I cannot say.
The best tearaway flanker i have ever seen (nobody comes even close) was the Irishman called Fergus Slattery
Best rugby player i ever saw was Gareth Edwards.
22 May 2012, 00:10 am
@Robzim(Robzim)-217: You are positively dreaming or just farken mad…
Fark why dont we compare them all to Kruger or Kronfeld or Rives… Sheezus talk about having a randomized a.nal farken comparison…
22 May 2012, 00:16 am
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-218:
Farkit, i compared Daniel to Louw ( no need to compare him to the greats of the game) and then i mentioned two other great players just for interest sake.. What the fark are u on about?
Are you drunk or stoned or both?
22 May 2012, 00:17 am
Outtahere. Big day tomorrow… Action stations of note…
22 May 2012, 00:19 am
@Robzim(Robzim)-219: Lol, relax man… Louw was alright… But farken hell, we were comparing players circa 2012…and then you come and get all nostalgic… Twat
Outtahere
22 May 2012, 00:21 am
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-221:
I was just about to say something good aout Tommy Bedford,but then you pissed me off, lol
Cheers.
22 May 2012, 00:33 am
@Robzim(Robzim)-217: howdy robbo.
the sharks were glad to see the back of watson.
he left to join a team “with a chance of winning trophies”
look how that turned out?
22 May 2012, 05:46 am
@RL(RL)-173:
I absolutely understand why you are angry about the situation right now.
I absolutely understand why you dislike keo.
Where I agree with you is that the conflict of interest around Watson wise makes one question his objectivity wrt the Kings debate.
I am not happy about the conflict and I do perceive that it may have influenced his journalism.
But he is a journalist and should be commenting on the Kings debate. All journalists should be commenting on it.
But to accuse keo of being the puppet master or implying that it would not be a problem without him? No.
This is not a new problem. It goes back 5 years. SARU made a commercial deal with the government. Then they failed to negotiate well in SANZAR.
Now their chickens have come home to roost.
It’s not a new thing that this is SARUs fault. I have been on about this subject since the Spears. SARU dodged the bullet with the Spears but then made the same mistake on the next WCbid.
When the S15 format came out l2 years ago or more I was furious because of the blunder. Wind the clock forward 2 or more years and now we have the situation where 6 does not go into 5.
Direct your anger at the right target. For that see the Union Prez ( start with yours) and SARU who are appointed by the Union Prezs
I can’t even blame the government here. SARU did not even have to ask for government support on the WC. But a deal is a deal and all the Union Prezs are culpable to varying extents.
22 May 2012, 07:49 am
Funny how keow cannot resist a punt for his money men like Joe van Niekerk. The true Poison Dwarf for the Boks.
22 May 2012, 08:09 am
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-201:
Spot on!
22 May 2012, 08:32 am
HG @ 221
ROBZIM@222
Lets talk nostalgia.Mannetjies Roux best centre ever.Played against him vs PBHS
in 1954 Under 15 A. In days when try worth 3 points he scored more than
30 points against us.
Spent the rest of the season playing Under 15B.
22 May 2012, 08:33 am
@Biscuit(Biscuit)-224: Highbury Safika Media (HSM) is a publishing house boasting a portfolio of over 30 magazine titles and numerous online publications. Amongst these are SA Rugby Magazine and Keo.co.za – the website of Mark Keohane and other SA Rugby writers such as Ryan Vrede and Jon Cardinelli.
Keohane has been a public figure since his days as Springbok Communications Manager under the ill-fated reigns of both Harry Viljoen and Rudolph Streauli, until he resigned in protest over SARFU’s handling of the Geo Cronjé racism debacle involving Quinton Davids. Keohane went on to publish a book about the episode and the state of the Springboks in general, and was widely criticized by Springbok players (most notably Corné Krige) as deliberately attempting to sow division within their ranks and to undermine SA Rugby in general.
In recent times Keohane has been busying himself in the extensive business interests of HSM, as well as media relations of other entities, such as Jake White’s Winning Ways – a business partnership which ended in a heated law suit, kept hushed away out of the public sphere. Even more recently, however, HSM -and Mark Keohane in particular – were awarded the contract to manage the media, marketing and public relations of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). The awarding of this contract was never put up for tender, as is standard government procedure, but was rather awarded directly to HSM (although Keohane states that normal application took place, the fact remains it should have gone to tender).
And this is where the Keo connection begins to reveal itself.
During his time at SA Rugby, Mark Keohane worked alongside the likes of Rian Oberholzer (President of SARFU), Songezo Nayo (Managing Director), Gary Grant (Marketing Director) and the current president of SASCOC – Gideon Sam (Springbok Team Manager).
All four names mentioned above are currently directors of sports marketing company Accelerate Sports, with Gideon Sam being appointed as Chairman. Gideon Sam also serves on the Lotto Distribution Board, but excused himself when dealing with the funding grant to SA Cycling, a grant from which Accelerate Sport received commission to the tune of R 26 million – a blatant conflict of interest.
Accelerate Sport, through their subsidiary Access Facilities and Leisure Management (AFLM), were also awarded the contract as operations manager of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. It is reported that this contract brings in a whopping R 600 000 a month to the coffers of Accelerate. It is the duty of AFLM to source events to be staged at the stadium to generate revenue and keep the stadium sustainable.
And here the connection between rugby and Accelerate begins to become clear.
The contract between AFLM and the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro states that, above the R 600 000 a month, AFLM are to be awarded performance bonuses based on the revenue they generate, providing this amount exceeds R 12,5 million a year. The structure of this bonus is as follows:
The Operator will be paid 10% of any amount above R12.5 million but less than R15 million, and then:
· 12.5% of any amount in excess of R15 million but less than R20 million;
· 15% of any amount in excess of R20 million but less than R25 million; and
· 20% of any amount in excess of R25 million.
It is thus blatantly clear that it is in the best interests of Accelerate to find events which will draw spectators, such as concerts etc.
But what better way to ensure constant revenue, week after week, than playing host to a top tier sports team. If only the Eastern Cape had one.
But wait, Accelerate have strong ties to SARU, they do after all boast an ex-president in their ranks. Would it at this point seem ludicrous to suggest that Oberholzer, Sam, Grant and Nayo used their previous connections to SARU to, excuse the pun, accelerate the Kings’ inclusion in Super Rugby so as to ensure that their business interest was being looked after, leading to SARU’s shock announcement at the Heyneke Meyer press conference about the Kings’ guaranteed inclusion in Super Rugby for 2013? Surely not.
So where does Mark Keohane fit into all this?
Keohane has recently stepped up his anti – Lions rhetoric in his articles, and while not directly naming the Kings in his most recent one, it is clear where his views emanate from. The vested interest he has in servicing his ex-colleagues at SARU (SASCOC contracts etc.) has clearly skewed the views of an already overly opinionated man.
But wait, there’s more.
After the establishment of the Kings, the son of Cheeky Watson – president of the Eastern Province Rugby Union (under which the Kings operate) – Luke, was brought back from Bath to play for the Kings. In May 2011 HSM (with Mark Keohane again at the forefront) announced that it had decided to enter into the field of player management, a first for the publishing company. Furthermore it was announced that their first client would be none other than Luke Watson. Queue the Mark Keohane propaganda machine.
The cover of the very next SA Rugby magazine was adorned by – yes, you guessed it – Luke Watson, with the rather flattering caption “Return of the King”. This was to be only the start of the Keohane marketing hype surrounding Watson and the Kings.
At the same press conference where SARU dropped the Kings bombshell on an unsuspecting audience, Ryan Vrede, a HSM journalist, asked Heyneke Meyer if Luke Watson – a player languishing in the second tier of SA Rugby and who hasn’t been in Bok contention since mid-2008 – was a contender for the position of Springbok captain. These blatant attempts by Keohane to force the name of Luke Watson into mainstream media while he has done nothing to get it there serves to illustrate the hidden agenda and inherent corrupt nature of a man who has lived off the rise and fall of others for far too long.
Not only has the media machine being rolling for Luke Watson, but others being managed under yet another Accelerate Sport company – In-Site Athlete Management – have been enjoying a rise in publicity in SA Rugby magazine as well. Willem Alberts received some ego stroking in May 2011, as did another In-Site managed player -Joe van Niekerk – in March 2012, with the article stating that he is playing the best rugby of his career at Toulon. Buttering him up for a big money move back to SA perhaps?
It is clear that Keo’s connection into Accelerate stretches deep, with an “I’ll scratch your back you scratch mine” policy which benefits both sides. Gideon Sam made sure he looked after Mark with the awarding of the SASCOC account, Mark in turn ensures that the business interests of Accelerate Sport and its stakeholders remains in the mainstream media, and they all walk away happy.
The reason why Keo has gone on a Lions bashing campaign of late should come as no surprise when taking the above into account. Mark Keohane is no longer a journalist; he hasn’t been for quite a while. He is a businessman with a platform to promote his interests and those of others close to him, a platform which he uses selflessly and without shame.
He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He is the worm in the apple, and the rot starts with him.
Disclaimer
22 May 2012, 08:45 am
PBHS = Paarl Boys high.
Skop.Thanks for the humour.Regards.
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