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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 478353" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>After the 2010 Fifa World Cup (soccer) Port Elizabeth was left with the White Elephant stadium, YES, i agree, but the stadium was there BEFORE the tournament and with even less seats available then, it was still some sort of White Elephant and not many games was played there.</p><p></p><p>the Eastern Cape (where Port Elizabeth is based) people mostly plays Cricket and soccer. Some of out best cricketers come from that region with still a lot of upper-class Private Schools as their main source of recruitment. With Cricket the same can be said in that Development is the main focus and one of the Heroes is Makhaya Ntini, a couple of years ago after he retired from cricket, he started a youth development program for the region in getting the kids to play cricket.</p><p></p><p>Now as much as I hate it to be called stupid or any other derogatory statement, I have to disagree with Mr. Pierce Brosnan Rugby. Seeing that I live in South Africa and have travelled my country from top to bottom, east to south, I would think I would know what is going on in my counrty! In fact, how about you jump on a plane, get a taxi and ask him to take you the Eastern Cape and just drive through the area... If you can count more Rugby Stadiums than Soccer pitches there, I will personally come to your house, shake your hand, bow down and say, I am Sorry for being an utter twat!</p><p></p><p>Soccer has a big following in SOuth Africa, if you managed to catch any soccer game in SA, you would see every game is packed! they even use Loftus in Pretoria throughout the season to play soccer games, one reason being there are 2 Premier league soccer teams based in Pretoria alone, and their stadiums are too small for the amount of followers who want to watch the game...</p><p></p><p>Jurie Roux has done a great job and he is trying the best he can with the power given to him, and there is a big focus in development, of which the Southern Kings are the biggest talking point. but in other provinces it's not growing as quickly as in the eastern cape. take Limpopo Province for instance, one of the biggest provinces in the country and we don't even have our own provincial senior team... but if you look at soccer, here are 1 premier league team and 4 first division teams in my town alone!</p><p></p><p>Soccer is much bigger in SA as what some of you may think!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 478353, member: 40658"] After the 2010 Fifa World Cup (soccer) Port Elizabeth was left with the White Elephant stadium, YES, i agree, but the stadium was there BEFORE the tournament and with even less seats available then, it was still some sort of White Elephant and not many games was played there. the Eastern Cape (where Port Elizabeth is based) people mostly plays Cricket and soccer. Some of out best cricketers come from that region with still a lot of upper-class Private Schools as their main source of recruitment. With Cricket the same can be said in that Development is the main focus and one of the Heroes is Makhaya Ntini, a couple of years ago after he retired from cricket, he started a youth development program for the region in getting the kids to play cricket. Now as much as I hate it to be called stupid or any other derogatory statement, I have to disagree with Mr. Pierce Brosnan Rugby. Seeing that I live in South Africa and have travelled my country from top to bottom, east to south, I would think I would know what is going on in my counrty! In fact, how about you jump on a plane, get a taxi and ask him to take you the Eastern Cape and just drive through the area... If you can count more Rugby Stadiums than Soccer pitches there, I will personally come to your house, shake your hand, bow down and say, I am Sorry for being an utter twat! Soccer has a big following in SOuth Africa, if you managed to catch any soccer game in SA, you would see every game is packed! they even use Loftus in Pretoria throughout the season to play soccer games, one reason being there are 2 Premier league soccer teams based in Pretoria alone, and their stadiums are too small for the amount of followers who want to watch the game... Jurie Roux has done a great job and he is trying the best he can with the power given to him, and there is a big focus in development, of which the Southern Kings are the biggest talking point. but in other provinces it's not growing as quickly as in the eastern cape. take Limpopo Province for instance, one of the biggest provinces in the country and we don't even have our own provincial senior team... but if you look at soccer, here are 1 premier league team and 4 first division teams in my town alone! Soccer is much bigger in SA as what some of you may think! [/QUOTE]
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