SA Rugby and this little doos.......

SA Rugby to discuss Watson's Springbok statements - http://www.sabcnews.com/sport/rugby/0,2172,178149,00.html

October 12, 2008, 16:00

The South African Rugby Union will meet tomorrow to discuss statements attributed to Springbok flanker Luke Watson regarding South African rugby, his team mates and the national jersey.

"If the reports are accurate this is a very serious matter indeed," Andy Marinos, SA Rugby's manager of national teams and acting managing director, said in an official news release today.

"But we can't pre-judge the matter on the strength of media reports and we can make no definitive statement until we have in our hands what evidence there may be."

Watson was quoted in an article on website rugby365.com as saying that "the problem with SA Rugby is that it is controlled by Dutchmen (Afrikaans-speaking white South Africans)". He said the "bigger picture" kept him from vomiting on the Springbok jersey and that "the men who sit on my left and right of me in the change room despise me for who I am".

"We need to see the bigger picture and realise that the here and now is not just the here and now, but the here and now only exists because of those who went before us and because of those who are still to come," he was quoted as saying during a rugby festival at the University of Cape Town earlier this month.

"Me having to wear the Springbok jersey, to keep myself from vomiting on it, because there is a bigger picture, because men and women have bled for me to get there." Watson's father Cheeky was an outspoken anti-racism activist during the apartheid era, who declined the opportunity to participate in Springbok trials as a promising player because of his convictions and has made no secret of his displeasure with the game's current administration. - Reuters

Now, if what is being reported here is true, I have some thoughts....

Why did he accept the Springbok jersey in the fist place? If he was so upset by it, he could have taken a stand and refused the nomination / selection to the team.

If however, he has made these statements now because of the threat of the current administration replacing the Springbok emblem with a Protea, and he wants to "endear" himself to them, trying to ensure he has a future in the team, well then, fuck you boyo! You are still a white boy, and no amount of sleeping with the enemy is going to change that. Can't wait for the next Springbok match when he runs out and gets boooood by 65000 real Springbok rugby supporters.

You don't deserve the jersey boy, at best you are a mediocre player. You are weak, are not a tream player, have the morals of a Zimbabwean leader, and should be charged with bringing the game into disrepute!

Now I know why Jake White never wanted to select him for the team. he knew what a yellow backed, weeenie you are.

Doos!!!

Salagatle!