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
854 Comments
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18 Mar 2013, 15:32 pm
@Angostura-547: yes….I agree in principle…..I been begging Stormers to buy Brussow sice 2009!!
18 Mar 2013, 15:34 pm
since
18 Mar 2013, 15:36 pm
or get back Flo….
18 Mar 2013, 15:37 pm
Puma already at the wine
All the hahah and hehehe and heeheehee in the posts
18 Mar 2013, 15:38 pm
@Dawn-554:
I think he’s trying to unscrew the top.
He’s no spring chicken.
18 Mar 2013, 15:40 pm
@bigot_bakkiesbotha-loverboy
Who “owned” S.Rhodesia and then Rhodesia and even to an extent Zimbabwe then and who “owns” that sad country now?
Is it not a case of bullies all however odious any and all of those illegitimate acquisitions were “exchanged or “stolen farm by farm”?
Is exchanging thin, shiny copper wire 12″ long equivalent to land 12 miles square per time? Which ‘philanthopic’ comics do you read
Who “owns” all those guns you have at home for the spook that the ugly-bearded Imam Amla comes across to you, bigot?
And when those guns are stolen(as too many are) who “owns” them then and is a huge threat to you and leaves you unprotected against the ugly-bearded Prince of ODI batsmen, Amla?
Its all relative but scary and wrong not so,bigot?
Who loses if not all the genuine, indigenous people, not so?
18 Mar 2013, 15:41 pm
@grant10-551: nope, Sharks got 1st option
18 Mar 2013, 15:42 pm
@gunther-555:
18 Mar 2013, 15:47 pm
@ET.-556: Speaking of ownership.
I own you.
No wait: More of a timesharing deal I reckon. Man others on here seem to take ownership of the gutter that is your mind at various times as well so, timeshare it is… Yes: you are our very own BeaconfuckingIsle hotel….
Twaddlingdumfuck.
18 Mar 2013, 15:51 pm
@Dawn-554: ET’s been sniffing (licking?) the floor of the science lab he cleans……All sorts of powders and chemicals. Of he French kissed that sweet Mary Jane chick again?
Somestoneageshyte he got going today.
18 Mar 2013, 15:57 pm
@stormersboy-558:
He’s switched to screwtops ever since he put his back out uncorking a a particularly reclalcitrant little bottle of Namaqua sweet red.
18 Mar 2013, 15:59 pm
@Puma-536: bwahahahahaha so conviniently the humidity was not high last saturday
Myth gone!
18 Mar 2013, 16:00 pm
@gunther-561: That’s unfortunate. Any “kenner” worth his salt knows that Namaqua make that in a delightful box with a tap. Comes in half size too……
Or so I’m told..
18 Mar 2013, 16:01 pm
@stormersboy-563:
Korrec Stormerboy.
The sweetest doos in in the fairest cape.
18 Mar 2013, 16:04 pm
@cane-285: Hi Cane.He was actually
critical of the Sharks and gave credit to Brumbies.Regards
18 Mar 2013, 16:05 pm
@gunther-564: Ah, the Parow attache case.
18 Mar 2013, 16:06 pm
@bigot_bakkiesbotha-loverboy
Who “owned” their bank bonded/morgaged homes and/or land in Constantia, Upper Wynberg, Upper Claremont, Upper Newlands, Greater Sea Point(and surrounds), District 6, Fordsburg, South End and North End and Fairview and Dowerville and lots more(all P.E.) and many other places all over S.Africa?
Which god gave the Afrikaner ‘apartheid’ rulers(your benefactors) then the right to simply slap much lower than market- value prices on those properties(many acquired by rich pale academics even) and sent those displaced people packing to bush lands mostly undeveloped, where little or no transport was provided when forced there(that’s how the Cape Flats was given birth – many cheated unforgiving innocents) ?
Ever heard of “forced removals”? It happened all over S.A.
And who now(much money paid) “owns” some of those lands in many if not all the locations and more named above?
All relative ,not so.
Beware, no amount of guns can save you from the very many Pakistani supporters at the cricket who were still decent and honest enough to applaud the brilliance of the ugly-bearded Amla who so spooks you to messing your PJs every night it seems.
Who “owns” you every scary thought if not the threat of the genuine indigenous people of S. Africa.
Has your lesson been rammed home and made an impact however wrong you may make a decision.
Be aware no human’s safety can be taken as a given if too many million others cannot too be given that safety if they are denied everything else but slave wages.
18 Mar 2013, 16:07 pm
@katman-566:
that’s the big one.
the halfjack is known as the idoos.
18 Mar 2013, 16:08 pm
Kan jy nie eens die eenvoudige woord korrek reg spel nie?
18 Mar 2013, 16:08 pm
@WP-Forever-303: That place evokes a lot
of emotion and forces me to ask hard questions of myself.ie.If I was a German
living in Germany at the time how would I have reacted.?
18 Mar 2013, 16:09 pm
@katman-566:
Lol
Los Parow uit
Did n Bellville Briefcase
18 Mar 2013, 16:10 pm
Castrated “rottie” with legs wet already looking for much denied attention again?
18 Mar 2013, 16:11 pm
a jake white team LAUDED for “attacking play”
“We were embarrassed and the team is
embarrassed,” Plumtree said.
“There are senior players in the side that
haven’t stepped up and juniors that have,
which is not acceptable. The pride’s really
hurt.”
The attacking play from Jake White’s
tourists was especially impressive as their
exceptional ball handling skills and pace
ripped apart the Sharks’ defence.
“I thought they were outstanding,”
Plumtree said.
“I mean, our defence clearly wasn’t up to
the mark in the first half, particularly.
“In saying that, I don’t really want to take
anything away from the Brumbies attack.
The way they kept the ball and built
pressure was a real lesson for us and
probably a lot of teams.
“Defensively we haven’t had to sustain that
type of attack before, so they just ate us up.
They sapped our energy levels
.
“It was just a tough night for us and we
clearly weren’t good enough.”
18 Mar 2013, 16:14 pm
@TooMuchRugby-550:
What ‘rules’? They make up the rules as they go forward in rugby time.
Each conference has different rules to apply one from the other(not uniform at all even at Championship level) and within at least two Conferences the rules are different for some franchises(Force and Kings and more)
18 Mar 2013, 16:15 pm
Fielding 3 foreign players is wrong. SARU is correct to follow the matter up. SARU’s use of a public platform to voice their displeasure was unnecessary. Kings will get the punishment and we will all move on.
Watching ESPNs 30 for 30 made me ponder the Kings situation a bit more. The “U” was from the wrong side of town, wrong skin and all of that. To make the “U” a success took white coaches who believed in having a good football program with a mix of black and white players. The Notre Dames and other top colleges did play tricks on the “U” using the establishment and all the rules and spies they had but they were not able to put the hard working team down.
What will make the Kings a success is pure hardwork and determination. If Cheeky is a cheat, time will surely reveal all that and he will get his comeuppance. For now, we support the Kings knowing that not all the players who could have made the squad got a chance but we support it because the 100 000 attendance is vindication of our love of the game.
To correct something so structurally wrong with our rugby was always going to take something radical. The Lions will be back next year because they might have better players when the promotion/relegation battle comes through.
What this gives us the confidence that the Kings are here to stay is because one day the Cheetahs, Sharks, Stormers and Bulls will compete on the same footing with the Kings for the promotion/relegation battle.
Sharks know about Currie Cup relegation. The EPL has many cases of clubs that have been relegated over a period. A sporting dynasty will take the better part of a generation and while one is at its peak another is bubbling under. It’s just the laws of the Universe. While Manchester might hit their decline in the next 3 – 5 years, Swansea might rise as they have been doing over the last 10 years.
Nothing is cast in stone. We have time and time reveals all things.
To those who might be interested in how the Kings will shape up in the 7 years, the story of the “U” is very instructive.
The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in the sport of American football. The Hurricanes compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001). Miami is ranked fourth on the list of All-time Associated Press National Poll Championships, tied with Southern California and behind Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Alabama.
Two Hurricanes have won the Heisman Trophy and six have been inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame. Miami also holds a number of NFL Draft records, including most first round selections in a single draft and most consecutive drafts with at least one first round selection.As of the 2011 National Football League season, UM had the most players active in the NFL of any university in the nation, with 42. The team is coached by Al Golden and plays its home games at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Generally it is not in the interests of the bigger unions to have a stronger Eastern Cape because that will make NMMU stronger, EC schools will be bolstened by the influx of junior talent.
I would surely send my son down to Eastern Province: Grey PE/NMMU if i knew he had an opportunity of playing Super Rugby every other year. I would do that knowing his route to the pro game might be shorter than an academy player at the sharks and bulls.
PE is good for a young player, relaxed and the set up will be developed in front of the players eyes. Less drugs and rock n roll i think.
This is think is why other unions do not support the Kings, it will mess up their long term recruitment strategies. Politics aside, the Kings are good for rugby. To be frank, the black people of the Eastern Cape have chosen to support the Kings as they are and have laid aside their beefs with Cheeky & Co.
We all know all is not rosy in PE but if this is the only hand we have been dealt with then we have a duty to support them and make it work.
18 Mar 2013, 16:17 pm
@gunther-568: The iDoos gives you unlimited access to the iTune-you store.
18 Mar 2013, 16:17 pm
@ET.-572: Nope. Just wanting to pissyouoff. And it worked again Kaching youfuckingwombat.
18 Mar 2013, 16:19 pm
@Angostura-380: Would “el Greco” be good?
18 Mar 2013, 16:20 pm
@katman-576:
18 Mar 2013, 16:21 pm
@skopdiekan-357: Skop.That was an awful
insult directed towards youi.
BTW the pagan crucified jew still does it for me
18 Mar 2013, 16:26 pm
” reclalcitrant ”
Really now?
Is that a new word or the beginning of a new language?
Anyway enjoy the waste of your cheap time but I am off to ‘waste’ my time at an academic meeting, thank you – food for thought.
18 Mar 2013, 16:28 pm
@ET.-581: Don’t spill the fuckinghotcoffee on the clever people. Cheerio Courage the cowardly dog.
18 Mar 2013, 16:29 pm
@ET.-581:
I have fat fingers.
Now pissoff before I use them on your missus.
18 Mar 2013, 16:29 pm
Just confirmed for production by Mercedes, and yours for a cool R4.9m:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F5QPHPritTk
Given the rural location of his compound, could this be the steed for Jacob of Nkandla? Coming soon to a blue light convoy near you…
18 Mar 2013, 16:31 pm
@ET.-574: also for Kiwis the rules are different
18 Mar 2013, 16:32 pm
@katman-584:
Just the thing for delivering supplies to Ma Khumalo’s tuckshop.
18 Mar 2013, 16:34 pm
@stormersboy-504: Rate him
18 Mar 2013, 16:36 pm
@gunther-586: Exactly. And while they’re delivering, they might as well bring two so Jacob of Nkandla can convert one into a ride-on lawnmower. That hillock ain’t gonna mow itself.
18 Mar 2013, 16:37 pm
Rather do a write-up on the MVP fantasy team??
I mean why Saru sucks?
18 Mar 2013, 16:38 pm
@katman-584: in Spearmint green would look better
18 Mar 2013, 16:40 pm
@katman-584:
He’s more the stretched minivan buying type
After all you can’t fit twelve baby seats in a Gelandewagen
18 Mar 2013, 16:40 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-582:
“Academic meeting”
18 Mar 2013, 16:41 pm
@shooter-585:
Sheeshkebab don’t let Bakkies hear you say that.
18 Mar 2013, 16:43 pm
@katman-588:
He’ll get his kids to mow it
After all he’s paying them about R100 000/month in total in allowances give or take a kid or two
18 Mar 2013, 16:45 pm
@gunther-583:
If you want to do his missus you must be in the midst of a serious dry spell?
Don’t they sell Scope anymore?
18 Mar 2013, 16:45 pm
give or take a wife or twelve
18 Mar 2013, 16:49 pm
@gunther-593: you think he has an opinion on it? say something like an vendetta/ condition/ obession that might be triggered by something like that. Why, I hope not…
Until now he has been moderate in his views..
18 Mar 2013, 16:51 pm
@shooter-596:
And a skelmpie or twenty
No wonder he can’t run the country, he’s either busy pomping or on his way to
Never has any blood supply to his brain
He’s putting the “count” back into country
18 Mar 2013, 16:54 pm
@ryecatcher-578: Hi rye …
I don’t know, best to ask Demetri how he feels
I guess it depends whether the intention is to insult or not.
Amongst local black soccer fans it is fairly common to give players they fancy descriptive nicknames, but those names are usually flattering, e.g., “Ace”, “Professor”, “Roadblock”, “Who’s Fooling Who”, etc.
Maybe this tradition will take hold in local rugby as well?
18 Mar 2013, 16:54 pm
@victoriabok-598: Family trees will never be the same again
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