Just why SARU sucks

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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  • 251.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 10:57 am

    I know who he got my number from and so does he. Sell your ramping garbage elsewhere stupid degenerative dumbass the low level of creepass associated assumptions come from largely the low indignant insinuations of the hyper shark infestations here it’s you fckrs got to get some serious grip on where integrated levels of loyalty and credible association rest.

  • 252.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 10:58 am

    I believe with the price of petrol being what it is Vodacom have added to their “please call me” bouquet with 20 free “Please fetch me” sms’s

  • 253.Atlas: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 10:58 am

    @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-246: and if his surname was Van der Merwe it would have been 3 weeks

  • 254.gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 10:59 am

    @Transformation-248:

    Cheers bro ^5.

  • 255.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 10:59 am

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-240: He doesn’t use cement. His buildings are as stable as he is.

  • 256.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 10:59 am

    @Transformation-248: enjoy.

    btw, well done your team vs the chiefs bud, they certainly are surprising people.

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-249: they completely dominated us.

    havent seen anything so bad in a while actually.

    kudus to them.

  • 257.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:02 am

    the Brumbies have put paid to the claims that the Sharks CAN’T play a wide game because it it bloody HUMID in durban at this time!

    utter codswallop!

  • 258.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:02 am

    @The Rangerman-256: JW had our number, simple as that.

  • 259.BrumbiesBoy: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:03 am

    @The Rangerman-245: Cheers bud.

    Good post and good sportmanship.

    Respect.

  • 260.BrumbiesBoy: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:04 am

    @stormersboy-252: :lol:

  • 261.gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:05 am

    @Transformation-257:

    They have a new type of sticky spray.

    It’s the same technology Kallis uses to keep that Meerkats kont taped to his dome.

  • 262.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:07 am

    @stormer in a teacup-255: You mean UN STABLE lol

  • 263.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:07 am

    @The Rangerman-256: thanks Ranger…

    found a guy on my seat & politely asked him to show me his ticket, he refused, i showed him mine & asked him why he is sitting here…he replied “i didn’t know we are supposed to sit by the numbers”

    the people around us began to murmur, so i asked him nicely to go find his right seat.

    see, no fights :D

  • 264.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:07 am

    @Atlas-253:
    absolutely.

  • 265.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:07 am

    Yeah I been to tyrannyslurpslime restaurant face up before and if he still got my number on his cell phone he welcome to try upgrade his credibility credentials again.

  • 266.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:09 am

    @gunther-261: an extract of koala testicle juice?

    :shock:

  • 267.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:11 am

    @skopdiekan-265: or did he dial 0theoracle?

  • 268.gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:11 am

    @stormersboy-252:

    Good news for Captain Cunteye.

    He will never be stranded on the side of the M3 again.

  • 269.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:11 am

    @gunther-261: Skop uses a merkin for the same effect

  • 270.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:14 am

    @skopdiekan-265: Hey old @( ” – ” )@ Go tell this Tyrone on R-T what you are saying about him. stop blurting it out here, old hemroid that you are.

    Bloody Jewish rotten vegetable.

  • 271.katman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:14 am

    Couldn’t be bothered to read the comments so far, but talk about conflating two unrelated issues for the sake of making a painfully loaded point. What Does SARU’s non-attendance have to do with the Kings flouting the rules of the competition and being called up for it?

    And here’s the thing: Everyone knew this was coming. Everyone could see that Cheeky and Solomons were, at some point, going to defy the ruling, and that it would then turn into a staring contest.

    How Keo can now be all “bad SARU” when the Kings clearly and deliberately poked the hornet’s, nest can only be understood against the background of his client list.

  • 272.grant10: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:15 am

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-270: STOP THE RACISM ….PLEASE MAN!!

  • 273.Bigbok: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:15 am

    Sjo Skop u really are a bitter person. The Kings are playing super rugby. Much better than your critics thought they would. Yet u still complain that the same rules apply to them. Should the lions and the cheetahs not be granted the same curtousy then. The Kings are gonna have a great season(in losing and first season standerds). But they are still gonna finish dead last and play a relegation match. If they win then they deserve to be there. If not shampies. Ad to Jake white he just gooid a big zap to saru. He was chased like a dog and now everybody wants him to come back? Would u? I sure as hell wouldnt. He is an awesome coach doing awesome things. Did u see on saterday he beat the springboks with a no name team. U have to admire that.

  • 274.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:16 am

    @skopdiekan-265: Go mix your cement, your manholes are going to fall apart.

  • 275.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:17 am

    @Transformation-263: “i didnt know we are supposed to sit by the numbers” :lol:

    thats very funny man.

    but it looks like the sharkies were handling a whole crew of seat grabbers.

    maybe your oke saw the footage?

  • 276.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:18 am

    @Transformation-263:
    where are the marshalls, ushers and/or security people?
    sounds a sunday afternoon shisa nyama to me :roll:

  • 277.gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:18 am

    @katman-271:

    I’m not sure how far you are going to get with this.

    Keo ate all his humble pie last week.

    It’s salticrax for the rest of the month.

  • 278.grrrr: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:19 am

    I am also still waiting to see all these hordes of EC black players that didn’t get a chance to play rugby get a go….

    Where are they??? Hey Mark? Wasn’t that one of your goals since the other provinces didn’t give them a chance?

  • 279.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:19 am

    @gunther-277:
    :lol:

  • 280.gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:20 am

    @Transformation-263:

    Obviously this dude wasn’t wearing a Liverpool shirt.

    What did he think the numbers were for?

    The Lotto?

  • 281.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:21 am

    @grant10-272: Scroll by please, I am not done with your mate Skoppie. And like I told a previous prick, why not go through all the racist posts?? you and your mated gladly over look the Snide remarks made by your mates about other religions,

    When you can do that? gladly come back and request me to stop??

  • 282.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:22 am

    @grant10-272: racism or anti semitism?

    both are bad i agree.

    calling someone a jew isnt neccescarily anti semitism though is it?

    and is it any worse than calling someone a dutchie or a soutie?

    lastly, nama told me there was no such thing as race but i want to know if two indian people can have a chinese baby and if there isnt race then how can there be racism?

    i am confused and looking for answers on keo which just shows how deep my confusion goes.

  • 283.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:24 am

    @grant10-272: Oh I nearly forget, Do not shout, no one is deaf in here.

  • 284.@whistle@blower@: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:25 am

    @David-230:

    Agree with you David. The break was the right thing for Jake. He would not have continued with his winning ways. I doubt it. It came to a climax at the world cup 2007

  • 285.cane: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:25 am

    @The Rangerman-245:

    Well said by Dangerman.

    Well said.

    I assume HG was not so well ballanced in his Match Report.

  • 286.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:26 am

    grant is a bit of a hand wringer.

    he is not a bad oke at heart but he could seriously annoy anyone looking for an honest non-pc opinion.

  • 287.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:26 am

    @The Rangerman-282: See Ranger my point exactly, his mates are over looked for the real race issues.

  • 288.gunther: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:26 am

    @The Rangerman-282:

    That’s a bit complex for our Grantie.

    If a concept can’t be explained on the front of a tshirt he’s out of his depth.

    That said Tyronne needs to easethefuckup on the anti-Semite vibe.

    It’s out of line.

  • 289.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:27 am

    and he refuses to chat to me because he wrongly accused me of attacking his family or friends or something like that.

    something i have never done in all my time on keo and never will.

  • 290.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:28 am

    @cane-285: Cane, your team are ******** :lol: when I pick them to win on SB they lose and vice versa.

  • 291.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:29 am

    You tell him I don’t frequent that fckup joint. You seem to know him that intimately his personal whereabouts his almost every move where he lives who it hangs out with on a day to day moment to moment basis. If you ain’t him as you claim then pass the message I reckon you’re a bullshit artificial

  • 292.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:30 am

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-287: ja, skop is the first to throw vile comments but rather let him have his say than join him in the gutter bud.

    @gunther-288: ja lets all be cool people.

  • 293.grant10: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:31 am

    it is Monday

    after a traumatic weekend mauling by the old enemy.

    is it not possible to discuss the rugby without the c rap?

    Anyway, outta here till later….seriously better things to do than listen to this drivel right now.

  • 294.stormer in a teacup: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:32 am

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-262: he’s been banned from building stables under the Trades Descriptions Act.

  • 295.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:33 am

    @grant10-293: bud we listened to your c r ap endlessly, post after repetitive post for three years.

    you have no leg to stand on in this regard.

    but i wish you a good day and please say hi to justrugby for me.

  • 296.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:34 am

    @skopdiekan-291: Uhm old twatwaffel, I ain’t your messenger, go tell him yourself. And not once have I said I know his where abouts, you see you little fckadilly butt clown, you and your mates just assume.

    I have however read enough on here to know about you and your pathetic insults and hatred towards Natal and it’s people,

  • 297.cane: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:35 am

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-290:

    Such is life Sharkie.

    I don’t have any better luck picking their good days than you do.

    ;)

  • 298.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:35 am

    @stormer in a teacup-294: :lol:

  • 299.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:35 am

    @cane-297: :lol: oh hell I am having my worst ever SB this year. lol

  • 300.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    18 Mar 2013, 11:36 am

    this is funny

    has Skop got the Sharkies mal

    or have the Sharkies made Skop mal

    its like a 10 man WWE tag team event

    i can’t tell who’s on top of who

    :lol:

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