Category: Rugby
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School rugby’s problem isn’t diversity – it’s political interference: Martin van Staden
Legal academic Martin van Staden defends AfriForum against a columnist’s claim that it opposes diversity in school rugby. He argues that government imposed race quotas, not AfriForum, are the real threat to fair selection in South African school sport. He points to disputes in athletics, netball, hockey and rugby since 2019, where pupils selected on…
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SARU’s four-city fiefdom is following Welsh path to ruin: Tommy Bedford
Former Springbok captain Tommy Bedford writes from London in response to Rory Steyn’s piece on the death of Transvaal club rugby, arguing the rot runs far deeper and wider. Bedford traces today’s crisis to SARU’s decision years ago to funnel resources and Springbok selection almost entirely through four “City” Unions — Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria…
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An open letter to SARU President Mark Alexander: Fix ticketing before NZ tests in September, not after
SA Rugby says its ticketing review will fix things, just not until 2027. This is conveniently after the Boks’ biggest paydays of the year, the New Zealand tests in September. BizNews tribe members and staunch rugby fans Rory Steyn and David Coutts-Trotter have crunched the numbers, and the “cost recovery” story doesn’t quite hold up…
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SA rugby’s ticket strategy prices Bok fans out of stadiums — and puts grassroots rugby at risk
Listen here Springbok ticket prices have soared, suites have been taken over under “clean stadium” rules, and loyal supporters are being squeezed out. BizNews Rugby’s boots-on-the-ground reporter, Rory Steyn, speaks to representatives from legendary Joburg rugby clubs and bitter rivals Pirates and Wanderers, as well as chartered accountant and former Sun International CEO, David Coutts-Trotter,…
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SA Rugby is technically insolvent – and still the healthiest bankrupt union in world rugby
David Coutts-Trotter — former Sun International CEO and a BizNews Premium WhatsApp channel regular — has done something rare: turned eight years of dense SARU audited financials into a piece any of us can actually follow. Liberal use of images helps. The headline number is brutal. SA Rugby’s liabilities now exceed assets by R84.4m. But…