IT HAS NOW ALSO COME TO LIGHT THAT THE SHARKS WILL KEEP ALBERTS IN THE TEAM UNLESS THE COURT DECIDES OTHERWISE ON FRIDAY,

Sharks v Lions: Case heading to court , again South African rugby is not able to resolve issues that makes it show itself more spineless and useless every day.

Centre of controversy is the Loose forward, Willem Alberts, and Fullback, Louis Ludik, who’s contractual issues are not new and surely today’s outcome could have been said a month ago and planned accordingly.

Article below thanks to rugby365

The protracted contract saga between the Lions and Sharks, over the services of Willem Alberts and Louis Ludik, is now heading to the Courts.

This follows after a South African Rugby Union Disciplinary Hearing on Wednesday threw the case out and refused to rule on the Lions’ complaint against the Sharks.

And in a statement Brian van Zyl, CEO of The Sharks, said they will seek an urgent court ruling on the matter.

“The Judicial Officer, Koos Basson, ruled this [Wednesday] morning that the complaint lodged by the Golden Lions Rugby Union against The Sharks and two players, Willem Alberts and Louis Ludik, is not valid,” Van Zyl said in his statement.

“He [Basson] said this was because the complaint required him to rule on the validity of the contracts of the two players. He declined to deal with the matter any further.

“This is the second time that SA Rugby have failed to give a final ruling as to whether or not Alberts or Ludik can play in the 2010 SANZAR Super 14 competition.

“On the first occasion the Chairman of the National Judicial Committee of SA Rugby refused to adjudicate what he called a contractual dispute between The Sharks and the Golden Lions Rugby Union.

“In the circumstances The Sharks and the players are left with no choice but to get an urgent ruling from Court in order to allow the players to play in the competition,” Van Zyl said, adding: “We hope this will be on Friday.”

The GLRU last month laid a formal complaint with SARU against the Sharks – as well as Ludik and Alberts – after Alberts played in a pre-season game for the Sharks against the Force and Stormers at Newlands.

“The complaint was brought by the Golden Lions Rugby Union, who alleged that the Sharks – the commercial entity of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union – had not secured the necessary clearance certificates required before contracting the players,” the statement said on Monday.

“The Lions also charged that the two players remained under contract to them.

“The Lions allege that this constituted a breach of SARU regulations relating to the Movement of Players and asked SARU to investigate the complaint.”

Manie Reynecke, the GLRU CEO, told rugby365.com that he has lodged the complaint, as promised, because the Sharks have breached SARU’s regulations.

“I have maintained, from day one, that they [Alberts and Ludik] have legal and binding contracts with us,” Reynecke told this website, adding: “There are rules and regulations for a reason and those should be adhered to.”