Hatchet media job on Watson
28 Jan 2013
Luke Watson, contrary to reports, has not launched any form of attack on Afrikaners and the administration of South African rugby.
But he now knows that there will always be a divisive element aimed at destruction in South African rugby to further individual and provincial agendas. There will also be more attacks on his credibility this season as so many within rugby and associated with rugby disgustingly celebrate undermining the Kings’ debut season because of the South African Rugby Football Union’s disgraceful handling of the Lions-Kings Super Rugby participation.
Watson three years ago described South African rugby as a game run by ‘Dutchman’. He never shied away from having made the comment but at the time expressed disappointment that a private discussion had been reported to the media and so misrepresented within the media.
He left to play for English club Bath but returned to South Africa three years ago as part of a three-year contract to be a part of the Kings’ historical entry into Super Rugby. On his return he spoke officially of his regret at the comment, however informal the occasion, and spoke of his desire to make a contribution to a unified Eastern Province and South African rugby.
He apologised to those he said he may have offended and in the last three years has concentrated on the job at hand. For some that will never be good enough and Watson’s Super Rugby challenge will be made even tougher by continued efforts to undermine and misrepresent him from the field.
In a recent interview with 702 Talkback Radio Watson was again asked about his criticism of South African rugby three years ago. The ‘Dutchman’ remark was again highlighted and he was asked for an opinion on the administration of the game.
The player confirmed the remark he had made three years ago, added that he had dealt with it on his return and in relation to a question said South African rugby as a whole was still struggling to come to terms with transformation the equal of the society that reflects change in South Africa.
Transformation, he added, would always be an ongoing issue.
Media reports singled out Watson for saying the game was still being run by ‘Dutchmen’.
‘I have always taken accountability for how I have played and for what I have said. Where I have got it wrong or regretted an action or a comment I have always been prepared to make the necessary apology and I really thought that fronting the issue of what I said three years ago was dealt with three years ago,’ said Watson, adding: ‘It really disappoints me that an interview was so badly misrepresented and a comment of three years ago made the focus and given the appearance that I have again criticised a cultural element of South African rugby. I did not in a 702 Radio interview say the game in 2013 was still being run by Dutchmen and transformation, not just in a playing numbers, will and should always be a discussion and a debate because the purpose has to be to get the desired transformation as a country, not just in one particular sporting code.’
Watson told keo.co.za that just like the Lions players suffered as a result of the uncertainty in their Super Rugby participation, the players within the Southern Kings are representative of South Africa and that players did not decide policy or participation in tournaments.
‘Every bloke in the squad will give his everything for the Kings and by extension for South African rugby. We can only influence our actions but it is not made any easier with media misrepresentation on issues as sensitive as culture and provincialism in the South African game.
‘I learn and I learned from three years ago. All I can do set the record straight on the inaccuracy of the reports attributing remarks made three years ago to a recent radio interview.’
The Kings will play in the tournament for the first time this year but are not guaranteed an automatic second year. Participation in 2014 Super Rugby will be determined through league results.
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28 Jan 2013, 15:49 pm
@Fern-445:
That figure was for white employees 9500 a month.
28 Jan 2013, 15:50 pm
@Transformation-438: sheesh man, khune is unreal, seriously. he was the difference between 5-2 and 2-2 imo.
but like i said on the hore thread, our guys simply got destroyed in the air. as soon as they kept the ball on the ground and moved it around with crisp passes we looked rampant.
we need to forget about the long balls forward.
i was also a bit bleak that until the no. 10 (dont know the names sadly) came on, our guys didnt seem to want to take responsibility for direct shots on goal. we pushed it wide far too many times without getting that quick snap return with a runner running on to the ball.
but i was ecstatic anyhow as were those around me.
28 Jan 2013, 15:54 pm
@Fern-445: @NZINCHINA-448: ja i think money is a fruitless chase personally but everyone to their own.
i shot a great natal snoek on saturday diving off a boat with a bunch of mates (they got some fish too).
that gave me more pleasure than i can explain, not just the hunting of the fish but the company, the sea in all its glory and the exercise.
28 Jan 2013, 15:55 pm
@Skeppie-444: thanks Skeps.
28 Jan 2013, 15:56 pm
ok, i am out.
have a goodie all.
28 Jan 2013, 15:56 pm
@The Rangerman-452:
You lucky b ugger the one thing I really miss about home is getting into the ocean, I’m sure SA is the same as NZ but the fish and shellfish is abundant back home it’s paradise really.
28 Jan 2013, 15:57 pm
@Skeppie-446: If his surname wasn’t Watson though…..he would just be referred to as an ‘arrogantdoos’ then?
Not all the other sh y te that gets added on to the above?
There are quite a few arrongantdoos rugga players who don’t get on with team mates etc. We don’t hear of them though, and they don’t get called out – because their surnames aren’t Watson.
The oke has made mistakes, but he has always had to jump through hoops and live up to ‘a whole different set of rules’ because of his surname…..
Just my opinion.
28 Jan 2013, 16:00 pm
@RL-449: does it say they need to “safe the stadium” as you ignorantly claimed?
28 Jan 2013, 16:00 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-456: Fair enough…I do agree that he has copped a lot of flak that he hasn’t deserved, but at the same time I think he deserved some of it at the time….hopefully now he has matured and is a different person
28 Jan 2013, 16:02 pm
Gooi Mielies – stem saam met Ruck
28 Jan 2013, 16:04 pm
Fuckthis little bit of spin…
I do not hate the concept of the Kings as related to being a vehicle for development of Black rugby players due to “EP being a hotbed of black talent” and being a team that the EC can support at the highest level of Provincial Rugby…
But:
- Not at the expense of another Union who let us not forget is one of only 2 SA franchises to win Super Rugby
- Not when the Kings are rapidly becoming an exercise in Nepotism and Watson paternalistic cronyism.
- Not when the Kings are nothing but a SARU sop to “transformation” where they can conveniently paper over their failure for meaningful black rugby development…
FucktheKings and all they stand for in their current AS-IS state, not for what they should stand for…
They do not stand for meaningful rugby development. Neither do they stand for a team that the EC can be proud of…
The Kings are the epitome of SARU bullshitt and incompetence
28 Jan 2013, 16:04 pm
@Skeppie-458: I’m sure the man just wants to play rugby now. Seems like it by his latest comments.
28 Jan 2013, 16:07 pm
@Transformation-457: where does it say most profitable – copy and paste that non existent claim of yours transformer – facts man facts.
28 Jan 2013, 16:12 pm
oh dear.
this thread doesn’t make good reading.
it looks like poep took one with his clothes on and all the other hobbitses decided to do the same.
like salmon on the spawn.
28 Jan 2013, 16:12 pm
@RL-462: so the stadium is not a “white elephant than needs safing” cool.
so what do you demand that luke apologse to you for again? tee hee hee
28 Jan 2013, 16:18 pm
@Transformation-464: so you rerad that c.rap and concluded that the white elephant is the most profitable stadium around – hahahahaa :lol;
Liar transformer.
28 Jan 2013, 16:24 pm
@RL-465: so you demand no apology from luke?
28 Jan 2013, 16:24 pm
There’s plenty of people in EC to support kings, now we can also see topclass rugby. The last superrugby here I saw sharks vs brumbies; sharks vs chiefs when lomu still played for them. We can’t wait for superrugby to start.
28 Jan 2013, 16:25 pm
@NZINCHINA-450:
since when is international air travel a basic fundamental right?
28 Jan 2013, 16:26 pm
@the curse-30: That WAS funny!
28 Jan 2013, 16:27 pm
@The Rangerman-452:
That is what makes my pozzie at the dam so kief,same basic principles.
28 Jan 2013, 16:33 pm
Can’t wait to see Masaga, Gear, the new Israel Folau and all the SA superstars.
28 Jan 2013, 16:34 pm
@Transformation-466: look what he does to ‘his’ Bok jersey is his business. Puke it defecate it I don’t care. He is just a has-been not worth the media attention.
28 Jan 2013, 16:36 pm
@RL-472: **** ****!
28 Jan 2013, 16:37 pm
h o o r h o o r
28 Jan 2013, 16:41 pm
@KingsArmy-471: As they put 100+ past your team? Yeah, let the good times roll.
28 Jan 2013, 16:41 pm
@KingsArmy-467: they can not afford cheap tickets to watch AFCON matches or 7s matches … unless they were saving for superrugby for the 16 years.
Yes\NO?
28 Jan 2013, 16:47 pm
@Blue Label-474: phew! For a second there I thought you were using the f and the u words.
28 Jan 2013, 16:48 pm
Off to the gym.
Transformer smell u later.
28 Jan 2013, 16:56 pm
If I said that Kings rugby is run by a bunch of k#$firs, would it be accurate to say that I have not launched an attack on black people ?
28 Jan 2013, 16:57 pm
@RL-477: Sometimes I dont understand how these guys censor words. Anyways, lets hope for a Saffa Suprrugby win and a wooden spoon for the Kings. Pity their admin guys can’t receive it…
28 Jan 2013, 16:58 pm
Great article,Keohane.
28 Jan 2013, 16:59 pm
@Dusky-479: Now you’ve started something… Good luck!
28 Jan 2013, 17:00 pm
Bill Clinton’s having his chop sucked, was also done in private. I am sure.
28 Jan 2013, 17:02 pm
Luke Watson’s a decent guy and a bloody good rugby player at that
28 Jan 2013, 17:02 pm
@KingsArmy-467: Enjoy.
28 Jan 2013, 17:02 pm
@Te Rangatira-413: T R, you are correct:
Taking the 17 most widely traded currencies in the world (of which ZAR is one, & NZD another), the Kiwi (NZD) has been the TOP performing currency as from 8 Sept 1992 (more than 20 years), & it has appreciated against the Rand (ZAR) by way more than 7% p.a. during this period.
If during this period you held your assets in NZD (as opposed to ZAR), the ZAR-based assets would have had to outperform their NZD-based equivalents by 7-8% p.a. just to achieve parity…
That’s massive over a 20 year period!
Assets held in a combination of the Kiwi, the Sing. Dollar, the US Dollar & the Swiss Franc are regarded by some knowledgeable people as a good store of value.
One of the best things NZ has going for it, is its currency.
28 Jan 2013, 17:04 pm
@numba4lock-484: He is a great SA ,no doubt about it.
28 Jan 2013, 17:05 pm
@Angostura-486: Lets celebrate that. Pick a number between 1 and 9… ok? Now add 7. Got it? Multiply that number by 0… Whats the answer? Whats the amount of f*ks I give about NZ’s currency!
28 Jan 2013, 17:05 pm
@Blue Label-482: I dont require luck. My opinion on this matter is clear and I am able to substantiate every part of it.
The one accurate thing said by Watson is that the Kings are representative of South African society which is really sad. The culture of entitlement, the forced non-merit inclusion in all facets, the greed, corruption, the general scum bagness of it all………….is for me exactly what the Kings represent. So – Watson is correct.
Watson – you would have to do something superhuman buddy. You’re a toss and we all know it. I never heard this apology – was it just a line in a news article. Couldn’t they have gotten Watson at a live press conference ? I want to hear the apology come from his lips while he looks straight at the camera.
28 Jan 2013, 17:06 pm
@Angostura-486:
errr
“good store of value” should read “good long term store of value”
28 Jan 2013, 17:07 pm
@numba4lock-484: We’re all entitled to our opinions right ? That is what Watson himself would strive for right ? Freedom ?
Well, I think he is a d$$s. There – that’s my opinion.
28 Jan 2013, 17:07 pm
@Blue Label-488: tell someone who cares
28 Jan 2013, 17:08 pm
@Dusky-489: You’re preaching to the converted. I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Some things (a Bok jersey) is too precious for a Saffa to be vomited on. I wish nothing but misery to Luke. But thats just me…
28 Jan 2013, 17:09 pm
@Angostura-486: Couple more earthquakes on the volcanic island could change that quickly.
28 Jan 2013, 17:09 pm
Leave keo for a minute and i come back to a whole new world. Cyril is now dp nd apperantly der are no internet cafes in townships. Bring on the rugby before Jacob Zuma marries Helen Zille.
28 Jan 2013, 17:09 pm
@Angostura-492: You just summed up my math problem. No-one gives a damn about the NZ currency.
28 Jan 2013, 17:11 pm
@RL-472: bwahahahaha 1stly it “upsets you”
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RL Says:
January 28th, 2013 at 1:58 pm
@ goodstuff-328 : don’t care about what he
said – what he did upsets me. When is he
going to apologise for puking on the Bok
jersey?
now you don’t care?
do you want an apology still?
28 Jan 2013, 17:11 pm
@Blue Label-493: Treason. A crime often considered in higher regard than murder. I dont know what he is doing back in SA ?
If this was the 1800s he would have been hunted down, gutted like a fish and strung up on market square for everyone to see what happens to a traitor.
28 Jan 2013, 17:13 pm
@Transformation-497: Are you referencing old posts again ? Do you jot down on a notepad so that you can go back and reference afterwards ? Or does Rosso do that ?
Thought you were off to the gym fat boy ?
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