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CJ Stander to retire at the end of the season
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 1031144" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p><a href="https://supersport.com/rugby/sa-rugby/news/120620/Stander_decision_rocks_Bulls_SA" target="_blank">https://supersport.com/rugby/sa-rugby/news/120620/Stander_decision_rocks_Bulls_SA</a> - This article was posted on 20 June 2012</p><p></p><p>All SA contracts usually run out end of October of each year. There is the option of renewing the contract, and negotiate terms. Pretty standard. He signed in June, which would have left him with a couple of months to negotiate.</p><p></p><p>Also, there would have been the consideration of the 2nd-year syndrome, many players have. Where they are brilliant in their first year in Super Rugby, and then in their second year, falter, sometimes quite badly. He was a youngster, and he had to contend with the likes of other springboks within the Bulls camp too, like Deon Stegman and Dewald Potgieter. There was no indication that CJ would have been dropped, and to suggest that his contract wouldn't have been renewed is also ludicrous. The article mentions that the Bulls at that time couldn't match what Munster offered him. </p><p></p><p>Our season runs from January to October locally, with the EOYT in November for international matches. Contract negotiations are usually between September and December, where teams assemble their Super Squads and have their first camps in December, and sometimes in November for the fringe players while the Springbok Players are on tour.</p><p></p><p>Don't see the hole in what I'm saying, just offering a different perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 1031144, member: 40658"] [URL]https://supersport.com/rugby/sa-rugby/news/120620/Stander_decision_rocks_Bulls_SA[/URL] - This article was posted on 20 June 2012 All SA contracts usually run out end of October of each year. There is the option of renewing the contract, and negotiate terms. Pretty standard. He signed in June, which would have left him with a couple of months to negotiate. Also, there would have been the consideration of the 2nd-year syndrome, many players have. Where they are brilliant in their first year in Super Rugby, and then in their second year, falter, sometimes quite badly. He was a youngster, and he had to contend with the likes of other springboks within the Bulls camp too, like Deon Stegman and Dewald Potgieter. There was no indication that CJ would have been dropped, and to suggest that his contract wouldn't have been renewed is also ludicrous. The article mentions that the Bulls at that time couldn't match what Munster offered him. Our season runs from January to October locally, with the EOYT in November for international matches. Contract negotiations are usually between September and December, where teams assemble their Super Squads and have their first camps in December, and sometimes in November for the fringe players while the Springbok Players are on tour. Don't see the hole in what I'm saying, just offering a different perspective. [/QUOTE]
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