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Andrew Slack (58)
OK, I'm gunna go see my boss & suggest that he keep paying me regardless of whether I turn up or not. I'll let you know how I get on right after I get back from the unemployment office :-/
Without a SARU lawyer? Nah.
OK, I'm gunna go see my boss & suggest that he keep paying me regardless of whether I turn up or not. I'll let you know how I get on right after I get back from the unemployment office :-/
Now THAT would be truly bizarre.
Bitter what?
Cancel the 'Rugby Championship' and have some other shit that's the same thing but called something else.Can the three participating unions not negotiate the broadcasting deals for the competition and split the money amongst themselves (i.e. negotiate outside of the SANZAAR setup)?
Super SA will have no Springboks in it at this rate. Every good player will be in the UK + France as SARU will be broke. Where is their money coming from?
Cancel the 'Rugby Championship' and have some other shit that's the same thing but called something else.
Yes, I am rather bitter.
If the recent quotes attributed to Duane Vermeulen are correct, and the players had not even been contacted about the RC, it suggests that RSA never had any intention of coming. I guess they were hoping their government would have announced that they can't travel and they could pull out of the tour with some honour.
FWIW, if the slipper were on the other foot, I would want Australia to participate. I'd rather watch us play and lose than not be there at all. But then, I am a Rebels' member so... pretty used to that
SARU is a cesspool. Has always been.
Definitely used to be but I thought they were doing well this last couple of years. Right now I can’t get passed the treatment of Free State. From there things just get worse.
Jeez, hate much?
I read somewhere that they get a reduced share if they did not pitch and the same was valid for everyone.
I'll see if I can find it
Apparently in the past 24 hours NZR and RA had agreed to push back the Springboks matches to allow them to play 500 minutes of match time prior to the RC, but the SARU still refused to travel.
Also the SARU is boasting that next year's Lions tour will more than make up for the loss of revenue in 2020.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-unio . 565pt.html
This is an act of deliberate sabotage. Reports are the relationship between NZR, RA and the SARU is now destroyed.
I can't believe they're not pulling out all stops to bring in a 4th team. Argentina, already the weakest team, are going to be more undercooked than the Springboks would have been, and there's a fair chance they get smashed 4 weeks in a row to close out the tournament.
An ANZAC Barbarians team should have been possible to pull together and could have been competitive. Not to mention it would have ensured 2 games per week.