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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 160660"><p>Well immediately after the RWC final, pres. Mbeki admitted that the govt. have failed in recognising the full impact of sport as a nation builder. He also admitted that govt. have failed to address the transformation issue at grassroots level. So now govt. is going to be spending something in the region of $15 mil. per annum on grassroots sports development. Great stuff for govt. in stepping up to the mark and taking a responsible decision.</p><p></p><p>Now, let`s hope the <strike>idiots</strike> good folks at SARU can follow on that example and ask themselves the hard questions they`ve been ignoring for years now. Questions like why has SA ruled the rugby world at u/19 and u/21 level for the better part of 5 years now, with fully representative teams, and so few of those amazingly talented black players are coming through, even at Currie Cup level? If it is because of the mistrust by coaches in the quota tag, then this has to be addressed asap. If it is because of other obstacles, financial constraints, lack of facilities or whatever, that needs to be addressed asap.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line is that for Bok rugby`s long-term success, we need to acknowledge that there`s a <strong>huge</strong> untapped player pool out there. A player pool that has produced some of the best age-group level talent, not only in SA, but actually in the world. This talent pool needs to be tapped for Bok rugby`s long-term success.</p><p></p><p>But thankfully, the very damaging quota tag has now been removed. The way forward has never been to get black faces onto team photos just for the sake thereof. The way forward has always been to pick the best available talent, but to cast the net as wide as possible, as so eloquently put by Scuuba in an earlier post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 160660"] Well immediately after the RWC final, pres. Mbeki admitted that the govt. have failed in recognising the full impact of sport as a nation builder. He also admitted that govt. have failed to address the transformation issue at grassroots level. So now govt. is going to be spending something in the region of $15 mil. per annum on grassroots sports development. Great stuff for govt. in stepping up to the mark and taking a responsible decision. Now, let`s hope the <strike>idiots</strike> good folks at SARU can follow on that example and ask themselves the hard questions they`ve been ignoring for years now. Questions like why has SA ruled the rugby world at u/19 and u/21 level for the better part of 5 years now, with fully representative teams, and so few of those amazingly talented black players are coming through, even at Currie Cup level? If it is because of the mistrust by coaches in the quota tag, then this has to be addressed asap. If it is because of other obstacles, financial constraints, lack of facilities or whatever, that needs to be addressed asap. Bottom line is that for Bok rugby`s long-term success, we need to acknowledge that there`s a [b]huge[/b] untapped player pool out there. A player pool that has produced some of the best age-group level talent, not only in SA, but actually in the world. This talent pool needs to be tapped for Bok rugby`s long-term success. But thankfully, the very damaging quota tag has now been removed. The way forward has never been to get black faces onto team photos just for the sake thereof. The way forward has always been to pick the best available talent, but to cast the net as wide as possible, as so eloquently put by Scuuba in an earlier post. [/QUOTE]
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