Comments on: Community Cup ready to go

By: ShaunMichaels

ShaunMichaels — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:19:46 +0000

The 14 automatic qualifiers all rightfully deserve their place in the comp. As for the wildcards, well most of them were all politically motivated. Durban Collegians is the only “open club” (excluding a couple varsity teams) in the country that has beaten College Rovers. Once this year and once in 2009, bearing in mind that Rovers have only lost 4 or 5 times in the last 4 years. I reckon the only club that will come close to Rovers is Durbanville and maybe Despatch. The rest will be used as cannon fodder as we saw in the club champs this year.

By: Seven

Seven — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:25:07 +0000

Wildcard teams are definitely politically motivated…SK walmers are not a bad side, but hammies finished above them so should rightly be there. Also they could arguably called a predominantly ‘non-white’ team

By: nortierd

nortierd — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:43:19 +0000

I wonder if Superbru will run the tournament as well?

By: CharlesM

CharlesM — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:40:14 +0000

@CharlesM-4: I just had a look at the log and SK-W had 48 points: they won 9 of their 18 fixtures. So there was some daylight between Hammies and SK-W (14 points: 62 - 48). I would like to know how the wildcard draws were done though @nortierd-2: Yes, the 2 Police clubs as well as Durbanville-Bellville will give each other quite a go. I'm not sure about the strength of Welkom Rovers and African Bombers

By: CharlesM

CharlesM — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:34:03 +0000

@sparticus-3: Durbanville-Bellville and Stellenbosch finished on 81 points each from their 18 matches. Hamiltons finished 3rd on 61 or 62 if I remember correctly (I know they lost 6 matches during the competition). SK- Walmers finished 5th as far as I can recall after the 4th placed UCT. Although Hammies are quite strong there wasn't much between them and SK-Walmers

By: sparticus

sparticus — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:29:00 +0000

@ShaunMichaels-1: Shaun , the teams were picked on results excluding the Universities as they have the varsity cup running as well. Granted there was wildcards in each Region. Dunno about Collegians but in the Cape Sk walmers were picked ahead of Hammies as a wildcard and if you think that that is politically motivated then you need to relook at the two teams , both are diverse clubs with no racial dominance as far as I can see.

By: nortierd

nortierd — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:13:24 +0000

Group B looks like the group of death

By: ShaunMichaels

ShaunMichaels — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:22:13 +0000

This tournament is a political sham. Two of the stronger clubs in the country have been excluded, namely Hamiltons and Durban Collegians. How can Durban (the 2nd biggest metropolitan in the country and arguably the strongest Club Rugby competition) only have 1 team representing it? Rovers will walk this tournament, giving sides cricket scores on their way to the final.