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, 13:38 pm
@stormer in a teacup-293: nope, I know all types of people..
but as I said earlier, Bakkies first post was about maori eating people, his only other contribution was the photo, obviously a dig.
and as Hurri has pointed out, the title of the link says its a moari cannibal.
but stay obtuse, again, does that make bakkies a racist?
28 Jan 2013, 13:38 pm
@stormer in a teacup-232:
Bakkies Botha vs B&I Lions.
28 Jan 2013, 13:38 pm
@cane-285: Where did you get that info? It’s a load of rubbish…no miners get paid $200/Month in SA. The average salary of the rock drillers who were stiking was R9K/month which is over $1000 per month.
28 Jan 2013, 13:39 pm
@gonzo-296: Yeah China didn’t pick up on the facetious comment. if people can make up rubbish and say SA miners earn $200 per month why can I not make something up about NZ nurses?
28 Jan 2013, 13:41 pm
@goodstuff-242: what is platinum used for anyway?
isnt it for catalytic converters in vehicles?
surely the good cane, poopsie and hurricane cant be benefitting by driving around in vehicles using catalytic converters created using slave labour that gets gunned down in south africa?
or can they?
****** pathetic discussion and disgusting of hurricane to bring marikana onto this thread.
the genesis of it all was in poopsies insinuation that whatevers family “killed and maimed thousands” and then fled to nz (entirely speculative and defamatory)
this followed by a post by bakkies highlighting the fact that maoris used to eat each other (fact) as a way of showing poopsie that pointing fingers is not so wise.
hurricane then brought marikana into it and cane tried to blame white mine owners for the miners tragic deaths..
the real issue, lukes radio interview, seems to have been as mundane a topic as any that has ever been posted here and i would hazard that this is the reason it has been largely ignored.
now why dont we all just chill and forget about what people in nz did to each other and likewise for south africa and focus on why the boks are the greatest rugby team of all time?
28 Jan 2013, 13:42 pm
@NZINCHINA-298: Is the spear stuff supposed to be funny? Some kind of cultural joke?
Anyway, as someone pointed out earlier, the bottom rung miners earned in the region of $760 a month, with the more skilled rock drill operators earning a good deal more – around $1100 (this included a housing subsidy).
28 Jan 2013, 13:42 pm
@Skeppie-303: funny
28 Jan 2013, 13:42 pm
@NZINCHINA-298: about USD 1000 to 1200 a month.
28 Jan 2013, 13:42 pm
@Skeppie-303:
Yer I did Skeppie a nurse in NZ would make around $4000 a month
28 Jan 2013, 13:42 pm
@Skeppie-302:
And how many of those who died were rock drillers?
28 Jan 2013, 13:42 pm
@Skeppie-303: Regardless, I’m sure the nurses appreciate your concern
28 Jan 2013, 13:43 pm
@Skeppie-302:
Still not great pay or close to what Australia is paying….maybe they pay good in OZ, i know everything else has good pay.
28 Jan 2013, 13:43 pm
@ufo-253: Tell me why I dont like
Mondays.How are you pal.?
28 Jan 2013, 13:44 pm
@cane-309: I’ll tell you what, none of those who died were union leaders, although they were the ones screaming into the loudhailers that “we’ll die on this hill”.
28 Jan 2013, 13:45 pm
@ryecatcher-312:
always good pal…
on keo you learn to take mondays… and every day…
with a PUNCH of salt…!!
28 Jan 2013, 13:46 pm
@the curse-300: Don’t think that because you presume something that means that’s the way it is. That’s just lazy thinking. Of course Bakkies is having a dig. Where do you think that arm came from?
28 Jan 2013, 13:47 pm
@The Rangerman-304:
wow thats heavy.
28 Jan 2013, 13:48 pm
@Hurricane-311: blame the Poms who own the mine.
28 Jan 2013, 13:49 pm
@stormer in a teacup-315: Look at the title of the link. it doesnt get much clearer than that…
but fine, keep defending him
28 Jan 2013, 13:49 pm
@cane-309: Most according to my knowledge, I am not taking sides here, the miners, mine owners and government are all to blame and it was a shameful thing for our country but silly comments are out of line….kinda like me saying that NZ is full of alcoholics because you can get 24 beers for NZ$1 and the government pay your a subsidy each time you beat your wife……that wouldn’t go down well would it?
28 Jan 2013, 13:49 pm
@The Rangerman-304:
“surely the good cane, poopsie and hurricane cant be benefitting by driving around in vehicles using catalytic converters created using slave labour that gets gunned down in south africa?”
And by the way cat converters cause Horse power loss….. i have had mine taken off…..
28 Jan 2013, 13:50 pm
@katman-305:
No it wasn’t meant to be funny but they look like they are always carrying them at their workplace, I went down a gold mine just outside of J’burg many years ago coincidently Grizzy Wylie and his Mrs were on the same tour those boys deserve all of that figure you’ve just quoted and some, looks like your mining industry is farked though, record prices and the operators are still closing mines.
28 Jan 2013, 13:51 pm
@RL-317:
So the Poms own the mines?
28 Jan 2013, 13:51 pm
@Hurricane-316: rangergirl is feeling relieved that the heat is off his guppies
28 Jan 2013, 13:51 pm
@Hurricane-311: Not sure about that, a mine my company supplies recentley showed us a worldwide survey and SA rock drill operators specifically earned more (power of money comparison) than rock drill operators in China and the US…..
28 Jan 2013, 13:52 pm
@Skeppie-319: thats normal for here, we see that type of comment all the time..
and Ranger, Whatthe has mocked my mothers death on this blog here again today, so I will insinuate what I like about that scumbag…understand?
but thats probably alright because Im not a saffa right?
28 Jan 2013, 13:52 pm
@ryecatcher-312: @ufo-314: Howdy good folk.
One can see the rugby is about to get real shortly…..
Nerves and itchy fingers all over
Just sad it turns into a hate fete.
Once the rugby starts, a lot of this should pass?
28 Jan 2013, 13:53 pm
@Hurricane-322: lonmin.
28 Jan 2013, 13:53 pm
Sport24
Watson regrets ‘Dutchmen’ slur
Port Elizabeth – Kings captain Luke Watson has admitted to, and expressed shame and embarrassment for, some of his past statements.
Speaking to Luke Watson”>SportsTalk in a radio interview, Watson addressed some of the controversial episodes that have dogged his career.
For the first time Watson admitted to once saying that rugby in SA was ‘run by Dutchmen’.
Watson expressed remorse for the incident: “I have tried to deny it in the past, but the fact of the matter is I slipped up and made a mistake. In a heated debate and discussion, I used those words,” Watson said.
“It is the one thing in my life that I regret more than anything. In a heated moment, I took out my anger and my frustration, all the hurt and the tough times I have been through in my life”
“It’s something that even to this day I am deeply ashamed and deeply embarrassed about, because I have loads of Afrikaans friends, loads of people in my life that have supported me and invested in me in the Afrikaans community.”
Watson stated that it had not been his intention to discriminate against Afrikaans people, merely to highlight the imbalances and the inequality he believed existed in South African rugby.
“I never meant it in that regard. Do I believe that there is still a massive need for transformation in this South African rugby? Yes. Do I believe that South African rugby is still controlled by white people? Yes. Black people are not afforded the same opportunities that they should be afforded. The black community is not invested in, in the way it should be,” said Watson.
Watson said he wanted to make a “constructive contribution” and be a “good role model” for young rugby players in the future, and was committed doing his best to promote top flight rugby in the Eastern Cape.
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Thanks for the appology Luke. Now keep focusing on rugby, we know you can be a pretty good rugby player when your not being a political pawn.
28 Jan 2013, 13:54 pm
@Hurricane-320: LOL! I can see you under your car ripping out the cat converter, cursing the government for trying to save the environment but at the expense of horse power!
28 Jan 2013, 13:54 pm
@the curse-325: Huh? Not sure I understand your point here?
28 Jan 2013, 13:54 pm
@Skeppie-324:
Oh ok.
I am just going on what my mates have earned in Ozzie in the mines.
Believe me they are getting paid more than you think.
28 Jan 2013, 13:54 pm
So a rand to the Us$ is how much and what is the average salary in SA.
28 Jan 2013, 13:54 pm
@the curse-318: Not defending him Bud. Having a dig myself.
28 Jan 2013, 13:55 pm
@Skeppie-330: Don’t even try. It’s like trying to follow the plot in the yellow pages.
28 Jan 2013, 13:55 pm
@katman-313:
The clip shown on National TV here today.
Showed footage that indicated, that after the initial Police barrage,
wounded and cowering strikers trying to take shelter, were murdered by the Police.
The footage was by all accounts, actual Police footage.
28 Jan 2013, 13:56 pm
@Skeppie-330: the wife beating alcoholics comment
it is normal fare delivered in our direction…
28 Jan 2013, 13:56 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-326:
howdy pedigree…
yeah… we definitely need the rugby to start asap…
btw… did you get tickets for the boland game…? pretty affordable and some great seats available…
28 Jan 2013, 13:57 pm
@gonzo-329:
lol
No way i would never do that, i got a mechanic to do it and it is illegal in NZ to do this now….. but lets just keep it between you and me ok
28 Jan 2013, 13:58 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-228:
Fark thats a crackup…I think its that Cambodian dude tnat took out Hendrikp’s front teeth….No Houston…he is not Maori or even Polynesian…looks to be from Indonesia…or thereabouts
28 Jan 2013, 13:58 pm
@katman-334: still so funny katman, how do you do it?
28 Jan 2013, 13:58 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?
28 Jan 2013, 14:00 pm
@cane-335:
Yep i saw but i think its the last time i will bring that up…. people think its having a dig at there country
28 Jan 2013, 14:00 pm
@NZINCHINA-332:
The Rand is like the value of 3 pieces of 2 ply recycled unbleached toilet paper.
28 Jan 2013, 14:00 pm
@cane-309: you still on this?
its an INTERNATIONAL MINING COMPANY and it has a black empowerment shareholder cane.
neither of whom presumably OWN the police.
28 Jan 2013, 14:01 pm
@The Rangerman-304: hey how was the atmosphere @ moses mabhida?
28 Jan 2013, 14:01 pm
As a point of correction, did Luke not say that he felt like puking on the jersey?
I don’t think he actually did it.
Just saying.
28 Jan 2013, 14:01 pm
@Hurricane-338: You mean we’re trying to save the world and you are trying to **** it up. First excessive TVs -now this.
28 Jan 2013, 14:02 pm
@NZINCHINA-332: Average HH income is between R 9 030 – R14 000.
28 Jan 2013, 14:03 pm
@NZINCHINA-332: look china – you stay is a communist country that enslaves millions in factories paying them a pittace of less than $100 a month, but here you are worrying about miners in Affrica.
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