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Blue Bulls sign 18-year-old Pollard
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 515933" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Once again, Whose fault is that???!!!</p><p></p><p>If you want to blame the Bulls for taking the cream of the crop, then fine, We'll take the blame for having better scouts than the other franchises..</p><p></p><p>As for the Stormers and Sharks not poaching... Let me give you some insight, Duane Vermeulen and Willem Alberts were both contracted for the Lions academy, they studied at UJ and were along with Jean Deysel in Dromedaris Mens Hostel. all 3 got then contracts at the Lions, of which only Alberts played matches for the Lions in their first season at the academy... Then when the Lions wanted to renew their contracts, only Alberts did, but Vermeulen and Jean Deysel told them, that they'll think about it, only for the Lionsto find out the next Monday in the Newspapers that they had signed for the Sharks and Stormers respectively. a Year later, and Alberts and Ludick followed suit...</p><p></p><p>If that's not poaching then I don't understand the term at all...</p><p></p><p>the bottom line to all this disagreements and finger-pointing is this:</p><p></p><p>All the players agreed to terms with the different Franchises, and we as the general public have no right to judge any person or team on that.</p><p></p><p>Hell, if a guy thinks that his career is in jeapordy at the Bulls, then why doesn't he end his contract and go somewhere else? There's a reason for the "Escape Clause" in their contracts</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 515933, member: 40658"] Once again, Whose fault is that???!!! If you want to blame the Bulls for taking the cream of the crop, then fine, We'll take the blame for having better scouts than the other franchises.. As for the Stormers and Sharks not poaching... Let me give you some insight, Duane Vermeulen and Willem Alberts were both contracted for the Lions academy, they studied at UJ and were along with Jean Deysel in Dromedaris Mens Hostel. all 3 got then contracts at the Lions, of which only Alberts played matches for the Lions in their first season at the academy... Then when the Lions wanted to renew their contracts, only Alberts did, but Vermeulen and Jean Deysel told them, that they'll think about it, only for the Lionsto find out the next Monday in the Newspapers that they had signed for the Sharks and Stormers respectively. a Year later, and Alberts and Ludick followed suit... If that's not poaching then I don't understand the term at all... the bottom line to all this disagreements and finger-pointing is this: All the players agreed to terms with the different Franchises, and we as the general public have no right to judge any person or team on that. Hell, if a guy thinks that his career is in jeapordy at the Bulls, then why doesn't he end his contract and go somewhere else? There's a reason for the "Escape Clause" in their contracts [/QUOTE]
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