Just why SARU sucks
18 Mar 2013
No one from the SARU executive attended the Kings Super Rugby debut. There was nothing official by way of congratulations. But the custodian of the game was quick to speak out when the Kings fielded three instead of two foreigners in the match 22 against the Chiefs.
The absolute desire to see the Kings fail from within the national executive is disgusting.
The haters of the Kings have a right of choice, opinion and expression of speech, however limited and demeaning it may be in articulation and expression, but the national governing body could surely show a bit more class instead of the obvious crassness we’ve seen since they were forced to include the Kings in Super Rugby when they cocked up a promise to the Lions that the Kings would be there because of a tournament expansion.
This franchise is the good news story in a unified South African rugby. It is the rainbow story, by choice and not construction. More than 100 000 of all cultures have attended the Kings three home games. Australians and New Zealanders can’t stop talking about the romance of the Kings’ debut month.
Every South African rugby writer who has made the trip to Port Elizabeth has written of the energy of the crowd, of the diverse cultural representation of the crowd, of the atmosphere at the ground and of the incredible spirit of those who play in the Kings’ jersey.
SARU’s national executive failed to see the significance of the Kings debut. All they see is the irritation of it. Typical of cowards there has been nothing but silence as the Kings have won the hearts of so many through the courage of their performance.
SARU hasn’t thanked them for adding a dimension to the game in South Africa but those who double as the custodians have demanded a report as to why the Kings fielded three foreigners in their match 22 against the Chiefs, when the SARU regulation limits all South African franchises to just two players.
The Kings, in their debut match, started with 15 South Africans and injury to captain Darron Nell in the warm-up of the Chiefs match forced a last minute call-up to a third foreigner.
SARU wants a report about it and were very quick to make public that they wanted this report.
They weren’t as quick to wish the Kings well prior to their first game and they weren’t rushing to congratulate the Kings on becoming the first tournament newcomer to ever win on debut.
The Kings represent the future of the game in this country. SARU is the relic that represents everything despicable about the past.
By Mark Keohane
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18 Mar 2013, 13:18 pm
@Puma-434: Lambie simply has to step up now and regain the flair and lose the skop en jag…..
Disastrous for Bok rugby……I dont think I could stand another year of M Steyn….
Hope Jantjes and Catrikillis step up too…
18 Mar 2013, 13:19 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-398:
pointing fingers at others doesn’t extricate & exonerate you from your repeated hate speech (which incidentally is a crime in South Africa)
but if I were you, I’d be more worried about the Simon Wiesenthal-types_are_gonna_get_you than about proclaiming Sharks_are_gonna_get_you …
eh, Tyrone?
18 Mar 2013, 13:19 pm
@Slumtown-440: Rian is a capable replacement.
18 Mar 2013, 13:20 pm
@RL-441: Don’t really see the problem if the idea is to try and provide some development platform for the other african states.
Besides, besides the odd Kenyan or a couple of Zimbos pitching up in SA the western african players would rather go for the european leagues where they get paid in something that approaches money.
18 Mar 2013, 13:20 pm
@RL-450: correct
18 Mar 2013, 13:21 pm
@Angostura-452: Did I anywhere ask your opinion?? I think not, now run along…
18 Mar 2013, 13:22 pm
@Dilligafrican-454: Most end up in the UK or France/
18 Mar 2013, 13:22 pm
The captain was injured 5 minutes before kick-off and all replacements have left with the Vodacom team by that time. What were they to do?
Have a heart man! Cut them some slack.
18 Mar 2013, 13:24 pm
@grant10-451: Lambie is doing just fine, he had a good match Saturday considering the pack got klapped. yet Goosen has you sucking up his naught whilst he missed so many tackles??
Nee man los Lambie uit, let him play for the Sharks, you can have your MOrne back and Jantjies who got run over by F steyn like he was an ant.
18 Mar 2013, 13:25 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-457: Ed Zachary
18 Mar 2013, 13:25 pm
@RL-411:
It’s SARU’s rule, pielneus
18 Mar 2013, 13:25 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-410: @RL-411:
Yes, just “rubbish, harlot make believe” SARU rules that they’ve applied for ages to all the other franchises
18 Mar 2013, 13:26 pm
@TooMuchRugby-458: Tell Luke to get over his hurty throat, stick him in a jumper and tell him to go earn his bloody salary. That’s a start.
18 Mar 2013, 13:27 pm
@TooMuchRugby-458: If it was just a once off I would agree , cut them some slack, they however did the same in the other games,
Mate, they knew they were stretching the rules and was even warned before the season got under way. SARU did say as per the rules on SA rugby, 2 foreign players only per squad.
18 Mar 2013, 13:27 pm
@Dilligafrican-460: lol yup
18 Mar 2013, 13:28 pm
@Dilligafrican-454: as long as it is legal then fine – but what the harlot queens are doing is breaking the law. Imagine the outcry from Cheeky and the other cadres if bullies “poach” 7 Kenyans for super rugby exposure and end the contracts of local pygmies.
18 Mar 2013, 13:28 pm
@TooMuchRugby-448: i know exactly what his name is…was just making gat
18 Mar 2013, 13:29 pm
@stormer in a teacup-453: yeah for sure but no backup after him
18 Mar 2013, 13:30 pm
@katman-463:
Don’t be like that.
His inflatable vest popped a pectoral.
18 Mar 2013, 13:30 pm
@katman-463: its a chronic injury that was mereley aggravated by the blow to the throat – years of puking will do that to your throat.
18 Mar 2013, 13:31 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-464:
But, it was a once-off. In the other games they used only two foreigners. Adongo not counting, according to SARU’s own rules.
18 Mar 2013, 13:32 pm
By the way, Adongo is really improving. Much better than previous games I saw from him.
18 Mar 2013, 13:33 pm
@TooMuchRugby-471: Sorry not true, How can Adongo not be a foreigner?? does he carry an SA passport? did Beast not get stopped from playing for the Boks till he had a legal SA Passport?
18 Mar 2013, 13:35 pm
SOUTH AFRICA
Goosen faces surgery again
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:39
Springbok Johan Goosen will undergo surgery again, after injuring his knee in a freak training ground accident.
Cheetahs team manager Eugene van Wyk told this website in an interview from the team’s base in Sydney that Goosen slipped at training and damaged his cruciate ligaments.
He will return to South Africa on Thursday, when a decision will be made when he will go under the knife.
More to follow…
18 Mar 2013, 13:35 pm
And to add to that, Zimbabwe in the old days featured as a province in the SA sports system, Kenya never did, so in a way one can still take a Zimbabwean and a Namibian as locals.
18 Mar 2013, 13:35 pm
@grant10-451: Lambie done actually well on Saturday Grant. You of all people (played fh yourself), should know if your forwards are getting smashed it is very, very difficult for a fh to perform. BUT he tired and just look at his 2nd half performance. He was actaully very good there taking it flat and also trying some kicks over to put players away also NEVER ever missed ONE tackle. Never went to piecies kept his cool as well. Some of your criticism of him on the game on Saturday is not fair and honest. Lambie was one of our better players with, Herbst, Psdt, Cooper and Kankol Wait and see when our big bashers get back, he will be on top of his game. Lambie is class he will get it right and do yourself a favour go back and look at the sharks 2nd half and then tell the truth here, Lambie was very good in the 2nd half, more the Lambie we know. He will be fine Grant I have not problems with Pat at all.
Goosen is good Grant but his defence is not great and he too suffers nerves. Right now the two with the best bmt are Lambie then Demitri followed by Morne. Lambie never suffers nerves not even when his team is taking a thrashing. Huge strength that bmt don’t underestimate it. Carter and Wilkinson had bucket loads of it. The best fhs have it.
18 Mar 2013, 13:36 pm
@Transformation-467:
Thought so
18 Mar 2013, 13:36 pm
@stormer in a teacup-405:
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-415:
@Dilligafrican-418:
@cane-426:
delayed jet lag you say
was it delayed jet lag that choked Grant Hattingh the fark out and dangerously concussed him you viper ?
18 Mar 2013, 13:39 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-473:
Tell it to SARU, not me.
18 Mar 2013, 13:40 pm
Katman ek stem 100% saam. Altyd vol verskoonings. Hulle het 8 punte waarvan 4 vir n bye is. En geen bonus punte nie. Maar dan proebeer hulle almal oortuig hulle speel goeie rugby. As die lions net net verloor het dan **** mens net hoe kak hulle is. Kings word met n ander kam geskeur.
18 Mar 2013, 13:41 pm
@skopdiekan-396: i suggest you do the same snoeks.
because you have far more hatred in your heart than me old chap.
18 Mar 2013, 13:43 pm
@Bigbok-480:
Ek lag so vir jou kommentaar dat ek my hol SKEUR, maar ek SKEER jou nie met ‘n ander kam as die res van die idiote hier nie.
18 Mar 2013, 13:44 pm
@TooMuchRugby-479: Well you and I were having this convo, Not SARU and I.
18 Mar 2013, 13:44 pm
Eks bly jou opinie beteken tog so baie vir my.
18 Mar 2013, 13:44 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-478:
How do you get concussed from choking?
18 Mar 2013, 13:46 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-483:
Don’t be obtuse
18 Mar 2013, 13:46 pm
@TooMuchRugby-482: Damn, Julle Kaapse moffies se holle skeer maklik, moet van al die Vaseline wees.
18 Mar 2013, 13:48 pm
@Puma-476: You are wasting your time Puma.
18 Mar 2013, 13:49 pm
anyhoo, there is far too much negativity on here.
must be the monday blues.
i am going to go shoot a fish in the face and take some bugs out so i can make a crayfish and fish curry for dinner.
have a pleasant day all.
18 Mar 2013, 13:50 pm
@TooMuchRugby-486: Then stop whining, your team broke the rules after being warned, get over it and move on.
18 Mar 2013, 13:50 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-487:
Ek weet jy moet jou rug skeer, maar moenie vaseline gebruik nie.
18 Mar 2013, 13:51 pm
@The Rangerman-489: Shoot one extra large rockard for me too, delivery to Ballito please??
18 Mar 2013, 13:57 pm
Did Tyrone just badmouth me?
Ja RL.
“The Kenyan is just another bloody foreigner”
You guys just cant help yourselves.
18 Mar 2013, 13:59 pm
@Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-488: I know, but I have to put it straight there. Pat was actually good on Saturday no matter who says what. There were only a handful that were good for Sharks. Psdt, Herbst, Kanko, Cooper and Lambie.
Why Grant wants to have a go at Pat here is being unfair really. Our forwards were smashed on Saturday and no way will ANY fh not even Carter produce in those circumstances. At least he kept on trying the whole game, also never missed a tackle. 2nd half we saw him taking it flat and that was because we had some more grunt coming on for us. Pat will be just fine I have no doubt about it. Still the best at goal kicks from our conference this year…..
19 out of 18 so far…. hehehe.
18 Mar 2013, 14:00 pm
@The Rangerman-489: Sounds great Ranger, enjoy it bud.
18 Mar 2013, 14:02 pm
@Puma-494: I think Joe has only missed 1 too so far,
18 Mar 2013, 14:03 pm
@stormersboy-496: How many has he taken so for bud?
18 Mar 2013, 14:05 pm
@stormersboy-496: I haven’t seen the stats, you would know as you look at them, but out of our fhs don’t think Pat has missed a tackle so far. Could be wrong, but he just about always gets his man.
18 Mar 2013, 14:06 pm
@RL-450: when did Beast get an ID?
He has never been regarded as a foreigner
18 Mar 2013, 14:06 pm
@stormersboy-496: Another good tackling fh is Demitri. I really think Stormers slipped up bad letting him go to Kings. He also has bmt, one of the few that does.
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