Comments on: RWC to be devalued?

By: Brads

Brads — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:57:56 +0000

Is it true that the Clubs who front the wages for these lads, don’t have insurance to cover them if they are injured on international duty?
If it is true, that would make sense, why should the Club be responsible for events out of their control.

This leaves the question, does the likes of Fiji carry enough insurance to cover player injury that compensates them fully?

By: greatest13gerber

greatest13gerber — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:24:36 +0000

if they didnt pay money to represent your country, would players still play test rugby???

its about Honour and I must say any player chooses country over their club is disgrace

By: BrumbiesBoy

BrumbiesBoy — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:21:50 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-1: I'll second that. Countries come first.

By: goodstuff

goodstuff — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:00:25 +0000

Maybe the Fijians have the “Keegan Daniel” attitude.

‘I’m not flying down if I’m not winning anything. Surely you guys will know these things before the actual event?

By: gonzo

gonzo — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:54:08 +0000

@goodstuff-4: Not to mention it's the longest bloody season of rugby the world, 14 teams home and away, semis and finals, with H Cup in between. Don't people get bored? Simple solution would be to cut the domestic season in half during a world cup year but of course that'll never happen with that sort of money involved.

By: goodstuff

goodstuff — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:49:56 +0000

@katman-3: They have more money, and relegation is searious problem for them. If the top teams in France and England don;t finish well than they get excluded from the Heineken Cup the following year. Where as Currie Cup 1st devision teams are not good enough to threaten the bok carrying CC teams for relegation, we saw what the gulf of talent there is between Kings (1st devision champs) and the Cheetahs (CC chumps).

By: katman

katman — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:45:01 +0000

“The World Cup usually overlaps the European domestic season…”

Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t the World Cup overlap a part of just about everyone’s rugby season? I mean, here we have a non-stop rugby calendar with super Rugby running into Rugby Championships, running into the Currie Cup. During our 2011 CC we had to hear day in and day out about the weakened domestic competition. How come this is just a European issue? What makes their domestic competitions so special?

By: goodstuff

goodstuff — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:28:28 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-1: Smart man, those Frenchies trying al lkinds of ****. Their whole league structure is built on the back of foreign players. Without them they would not have Top 8 nevermind a Top 14.

By: Brigadier Van Zyl

Brigadier Van Zyl — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:40:32 +0000

jeez this an easy one to solve, give me the job.

Countries that allow this practice with their clubs should be banned from internationals or worldcup.

By default you with see those respective countries clamping down hard on their clubs …maybe even demote them a league.