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, 12:13 pm
sorry should read SARU imposed restriction
18 Mar 2013, 12:13 pm
@Transformation-334: Oh really? I suggest you and keo and Cheeky get together for a little brainstorm to consolidate the spin. This fragmented barrel scraping is doing your cause more harm than good.
18 Mar 2013, 12:15 pm
also regarding Jake – the man obviously has some credentials and is backing it up with performances – the Brumbies made the Sharks look like rank amateurs on Saturday. Kudos to Jake – he´s certainly a more astute coach than many think. Personally I would be quite happy to see him coaching the Boks again in the future.
18 Mar 2013, 12:15 pm
@cane-348: No, I actually think it was that “little Kink” down in Port Elizabeth who started it some time ago…
18 Mar 2013, 12:18 pm
Something else others dont seem to mention is that perhaps Naka drotske aint that bad a coach and also deserves a crack some time – he has done wonders with the Cheetahs considering their distinct lack of personnel. Theyre playing some of the most exciting rugby among the Sa franchises and theyre finally starting to back it up with some decent defense which has always been their weak point.
18 Mar 2013, 12:18 pm
@cane-305:
hello Caner,
have you come to feast on our misfortune you cretin?
beelzebub is the same as beezlebub? lord of putrid stuff and flies
if you were a demon/bad spirit who(what) would you be?
18 Mar 2013, 12:21 pm
there nothing for me to let out.. its you got racial issues about who is running your colonial country to the dogs.. how the Saru pricks ran your precious messiah out of town and are now lamenting they want him back.. sounds suspiciously like that other bloody vegetable messiah you strung up on your heathen cross then you realize the mistake 300 years later and make a crucifix pagan ritualistic god out of him.. almost identical scenario the way you wanna hump this fake rugby messiah in Canberra as to how you pray to this fake bloody vegetable jew god on a Sunday.
so no it ain’t me who got issues to let out.. check your sharkishit tyrannypussy gatgabba who let out all his inherent afflicted emotions hating the bloody vegetable jew he then goes and prays to on Sunday.. Its you rangerpussy and your sharkshit gatgabbas who dunno wtf you are doing in this life.. who you wanna hate and who you wanna love.. you as confused as your poor bedeviled sharkishit kiwi coach who plays three pathetic little poefta loose forwards and gets his arse turned inside out at home in his own guppy tank… and then has this confused state of bewilderment clouding his consciousness as to what the fck actually happened out there in real life reality zone.
18 Mar 2013, 12:24 pm
@Transformation-309:
tell Cheeky to lay off the ‘Land Rover Quarterly’ & ‘Cigar Aficionado’ magazines and to get on top of this kak asap
there’s work to be done
18 Mar 2013, 12:26 pm
Ahhh commenting on this blog is like talking to yourself. All people are interested in is slinging insults at each other and pretending to be ever so clever with their wiley rhetoric. Pointless in the extreme.
18 Mar 2013, 12:27 pm
@Bigbok-347: I got no problems with the rules.. Kings must abide by them and they will I reckon.. they might kick up a fuss about the unfairness of the situation because if you count the way Lions and Bulls and Sharks have performed in years gone by finishing stone last and getting given free entrance the year after then Kings should have gotten that offer the same at least till they found their feet .. not in year one where they only just got given a chance to prepare for a long term SR position.
18 Mar 2013, 12:27 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-358:
Is Sheeky still rocking a Landy after breaking the last one?
I thought he might have upgraded to a Gelandewagen.
18 Mar 2013, 12:30 pm
@gunther-344: ” Besides your Vodacom Cup team should be
distinct from your Super Rugby squad
surely.”
really, why?
surely a guy like jean cook should have never made the bulls bench or even played if your above statement was right?
Cook moving on up the ranks
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FNB UP-Tuks No. 8 Jean Cook has been
selected on the bench for the Bulls when
they take on the Force in Pretoria this
weekend.
It has not taken long for Bulls coach Frans
Ludeke to give him a shot at the big-time
after a solid preseason and a number of
outstanding FNB Varsity Cup performances.
wanna reconsider that line of thinking?
remember when chiliboy was sent to Vodacom Cup to get game time after recovering from injury. how was that different?
18 Mar 2013, 12:30 pm
@Slumtown-349:
There are like 50,000 Rugby Players in the EC.
Or some such number…………………………………….Surely they could have found one (1) to fill a position on the bench.
One rule to rule them all.
One rule to find them,
One rule to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Azania where the shadows lie.
18 Mar 2013, 12:30 pm
Skop my God has nothing to do with my post. If u wanna talk rugby then im game. Im not here to defend my religion to anyone. Im a lion and i have my views. I was angry at saru and the kings but im over it. I doubt the lions will get back into super rugby until the expantion in 2015 yet im still not as sour as u are. As for Jake he is doing well thats all i said. But say what u must i dont give a damn. U come out guns blazing then go on a rant. Plz get over it.
18 Mar 2013, 12:30 pm
keep commenting slummies you may eventually get heard by someone and a reply afforded your question in earnest search of an answer.
18 Mar 2013, 12:31 pm
G Wagons are so yesterday.
Range Rovers are back in “Vougue”
18 Mar 2013, 12:31 pm
@gunther-317:
oh gunner gunner gunner
18 Mar 2013, 12:32 pm
@cane-350: We lead, the Saffas follow!!!
Oops, no, let me rather retract that statement, don’t want to get ahead of myself now…
18 Mar 2013, 12:35 pm
@gunther-361: Given his evident self-importance, I would have thought Sheeky would have commissioned a pope mobile replica.
Speaking of which, nothing says unwavering faith quite like 4 inch bullet proof glass…
18 Mar 2013, 12:35 pm
Kings against the big red is gonna be tough. I hope that they dont give the kings as many injuries as the gave the bulls. Otherwise your seasons gonna take a dramatic turn. And u just might need to field 4 foreign players.
18 Mar 2013, 12:35 pm
Bigbok if it offends you or affects you then let it or don’t.. the call or choice is yours….I put it out there for all hypocrite so called non racists to check inside their immaculately prissy clean consciousnesses and see where their reaction takes them…
Like I said it don’t bother me in the least what anyone might think I am or what my religious or racial affiliations denote.. they wanna sling insults I warned them they ain’t in the insult trading league.. now I check they kinda quiet all of a sardientjie…
they still haven’t made up their minds if they love or hate the bloody vegetable jew they strung up on the cross then made him into their pagan worshiped god they pray to every Sunday.. or you reckon they have by now.. 2013 years later?
18 Mar 2013, 12:36 pm
Willemse answers Bulls SOS
Boks on casualty list
South African Under-20 lock Paul Willemse is heading to Brisbane to join the Bulls ahead of their Super Rugby crunch match with the Reds.
The SOS to the burly 20-year-old Willemse comes in the wake of the news that lock Flip van der Merwe has joined the growing injury list of the Bulls in Australasia.
Van der Merwe, who took a blow to the chest in the 19-41 loss to the Crusaders at the weekend, is the fourth Bok in the Bulls camp to join the casualty list.
Wynand Olivier, Francois Hougaard and Akona Ndungane will all be returning home, following injuries in the Bulls’ defeat at the hands of the Crusaders.
There is still some hope that Van der Merwe may recover in time to face the Reds.
According to the Bulls’ website the initial diagnosis suggested the Bok could be sidelined for between five and 10 days.
However, the Bulls are holding out hope that Van der Merwe could make a speedy recovery.
According to Bulls coach Frans Ludeke the decision to fly Willemse out is a precaution, as a final call on Van der Merwe will only be made on Wednesday.
Grant Hattingh, the other lock on tour, is also doubtful as a result of slight concussion – the result of foul play by Crusaders replacement hooker Ben Funnell.
The Crusaders player has been suspended for one week as a result of the dangerous tackle on the Bulls player.
If both Van der Merwe and Hattingh are ruled out, loose forward Jacques Potgieter could be moved to the second row or Willemse could start at lock alongside Juandré Kruger.
* Meanwhile it was confirmed that Olivier (knee, out for four weeks), Hougaard (ankle, two weeks) and Ndungane (cheekbone, four weeks) will be replaced on tour by Francois Venter, Ruan Snyman and fit-again Bjorn Basson.
Lionel Mapoe and Dewald Potgieter will also be fit for selection this week
Apart from the touring squad, the recovery of Dean Greyling and Marcel van der Merwe is on track.
Van der Merwe will be ready to return to the playing field in May and Greyling could be back in three weeks.
18 Mar 2013, 12:36 pm
@Transformation-362:
I’m sure you are right. Hence my ?mark.
However the Bulls don’t have a problem that when their Vodacom
Cup team plays down the road they have to field ineligible players to make up the numbers.
I call bullsheet.
18 Mar 2013, 12:37 pm
@Slumtown-346: players from the African continent are not considered FOREIGNERS…the Stormers had Chavanga, Mujati, Tony Brown & Naqekelevuki in 2008, they weren’t called for have too many foreigners.
18 Mar 2013, 12:38 pm
@Slumtown-355:
true
long may their good fortune continue.
@Slumtown-359:
see now thats half the problem right there.
you make rugby comments sure but its a bit like betting on red or black with you.
you either come up with a winner or a loser.
“Considering its a Sanzar imposed restriction I reckon they should just shut it. Sanzar control the Super 15 and Rebels had many imports last year – I really dont see what the huge fuss is all about – the sub came due to injury so they went with what they had. Hullabaloo abiout nothing as usual.”.. ?
.. huh..?..
see, i bet on red
and you came up black
18 Mar 2013, 12:38 pm
@stormersboy-366:
Hahaha.
You can’t beat a Piccanto.
The best 2×2 by far.
18 Mar 2013, 12:39 pm
@cane-363: If the Kiwi teams arent bound by those rules then dont see why the Kings need to be – but I agree they should be mining local talent anyway and not giving it away to foreign imports (non african)
18 Mar 2013, 12:39 pm
@skopdiekan-365: ek sal so doen
18 Mar 2013, 12:39 pm
@Transformation-374: Tony Brown is from Riviersonderend.
18 Mar 2013, 12:40 pm
@cane-310: or “the Greek” for that matter – just call him by his name/surname like one does with other players
18 Mar 2013, 12:40 pm
@katman-369:
A popemobile for his Sheekiness you say?
What’s the storage space for loaves and fishes like?
and how does it go on water?
18 Mar 2013, 12:41 pm
so the general consensus is:
1. the kings deserve a gentle thwacking
2. jake white is an awesome coach
is this a fair reflection?
18 Mar 2013, 12:42 pm
Maybe the rules should be bent if they were slightly crooked to begin with.
18 Mar 2013, 12:42 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-356:
Misfortune……………………………………….41-19 is NOT misfortune Houston.
It is a rogering with vigorous enthusiasm.
18 Mar 2013, 12:42 pm
@skopdiekan-357: thats it, keep going, its gonna be ok.
18 Mar 2013, 12:42 pm
@Transformation-374: Seeing as we have no border control we don’t think anyone from Africa is a foreigner either.
18 Mar 2013, 12:42 pm
@Transformation-374: yes exactly – I was talking about Adongo – Dawn mentioned he was a foreigner – read my previous post.
18 Mar 2013, 12:43 pm
tell me Bigbok what am I sour about.. Lions.. Kings.. Stormers.. Sharkshits… Jake the fake snake… Cheeky and his ANC minions.. Jacob Zuma and his bevy of brides running the country according to rangerpussy and tyrannysourpussy rex to the dogs… Saru and Hoskins lack of credibility in how they stuffing Cheeky in his naked never say die eye…??
what am I so sour about by your estimations… I know its all a fake charade of make believe delusion.. the question is do you and all the religious rugby worshiping bloody jew hating / loving disciples of the fake charade shenanigan.?
18 Mar 2013, 12:43 pm
@gunther-361:
nah
Gelandewagen doesn’t sound half as expensive when you mention it at Cubana
and if you can’t name drop your latest ride at Cubana then i tell you… what was it all for…
18 Mar 2013, 12:43 pm
There goes Goosen’s season.
Done his knee
18 Mar 2013, 12:44 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-375: I refer you to post 351
18 Mar 2013, 12:44 pm
Ranger thats just about spot on!!!
18 Mar 2013, 12:45 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-389:
What is a Cubana?
18 Mar 2013, 12:45 pm
@stormer in a teacup-386:
18 Mar 2013, 12:45 pm
@gunther-381:
oh dear me
has anyone put in a tender for the loaves and fishes yet?
18 Mar 2013, 12:46 pm
no rangerprude.. its you gotta check inside your race afflicted heart.. how much you hate.. how much you love.. who you hate.. who you love.. who you admire.. who you despise… its all there deep inside.. take a look it won’t cost you much.. all you gotta do is try be a little honest if you can.. which I sincerely doubt from your two face attitude and snide obnoxious traits of clever prick precociousness…
18 Mar 2013, 12:46 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-389: Cubana OMG lol – now that is a dive of note. Had the misfortune of stepping in there once by mistake – fooking twilight zone.
18 Mar 2013, 12:47 pm
You gotta love it, same okes will come to Skop the real racist pigs aid when it comes back his way, Give it they love to do, take it?? no no no, I mean prawn dangles from Skops butt like a butterfly on tik,
Yet she herself has made many racist remarks before in here, and what’s most sick is her pedophilia like drooling over young boys,
Still a few to come in and lay their eggs, CAPO CAlling people in here a “K”, Doggy, John(no), to name but a few.
Poops and a few other Kiwi bloggers calling Afrikaners Dutchmen. as has vetgat Transmoffie. all you okes like to give but whine like babies when it comes back at ya,
18 Mar 2013, 12:47 pm
@Slumtown-359:
True Slummer,
very true.
A moderator like Ig (of the old days) could be the solution.
Self regulation/censorship seems a waste of time and energy.
18 Mar 2013, 12:47 pm
@Dilligafrican-390: You’re joking, right?
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