It was reported in Pretoria News today, that the Lions are trying hard to get Blue Bulls and Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle to play for them next season.
Ralepelle, however, is under contract with the Bulls untill 2011. Ralepelle is reported to be unhappy with the Bulls resigning Gary Botha, which could mean that he will not get game time as expected, with Derick Kuhn moving back to flank.
Chiliboy Ralepelle
Ralepelle’s legal team, who is also Pieter de Viliiers’ legal team, has been working hard behind the scenes to find any loopholes in his contract to pave his way to join the Lions. It is also said that if he is to join the Lions, he could be the new Lions captain.
The Jaque Fourie saga has opened the door for players to move to a different union, while under contract. The Louis Ludik and Willem Alberts saga will also be heading to an arbitration hearing. The main reason for Ralepelle to move to the Lions, is due to a lack of game time at the Bulls, whereas Jaque Fourie, Louis Ludik and Willem Alberts were all first choice players at the Lions.
Ian Schwartz from the Blue Bulls who is responsible for contracting players, has confirmed that he had talks with Lions CEO, Manie Reynecke, but nothing materialised.
The Lions could do with the likes of Ralepelle, but if this does materiliase, the GLRU can no longer point fingers at either Province or the Sharks.
30@ Tjarky – Flok, ek is al so lank wakker, ek is weer lus om te slaap !
Hehehe
lol
waar is al die mense?? blerrie goed moet wakker word en kom gesels
maybe i should do another controversial thread like the one about wp cheats? 😆
will get lots of hits hehehehehe
32@ Tjarky – Yip, maybe I should start a Thread again where one may insult each other, upon condition you don’t get angry again…. the last time worked pretty well.
it worked brilliantly , maybe we should
The problem the Bulls are going to get it is their players of colour that is leaving. Habana, Francis and now Chilli.
Chilli will never be 1st choice at the Bulls so he should be allowed to leave. Personally I don’t rate him and can’t see him being 1st choice at any of the major unions.
But Chilliboy maybe no 1 at the Lions
I don’t know if Chilli has enough bite in him to make it as a hooker at the Lions.
If he has, I’ll be the first to…..er, call him Chillibite, hehe!
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