SA Rugby transformation Agenda
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has confirmed its plans to ensure that half the Springbok team is made up of players of colour by 2019.
Rapport on Sunday revealed SARU’s Transformation Strategic Plan, which aims to bring all of South Africa’s representative rugby teams, along with domestic teams in line with national targets in five years.
Of the Springbok team currently competing in the Rugby Championship, 19% of the players are non-white, while only 12% are black African. Zimbabwean-born prop Tendai Mtawarira was the only black African player to start in the defeat to Australia in Perth, with Trevor Nyakane warming the bench.
But SARU wants to make sure that by 2019 at least half the Springbok side consists of players of colour, with 60% of those required to be black African.
SARU also set a mandate for Bok coach Heyneke Meyer to select at least five black players in his squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England as well as include seven players of colour in his match-day squad in the lead-up to the tournament.
According to Beeld, all 14 of South Africa’s provincial unions approved the new strategic plan on August 13 this year.
SARU has already shared the plan with SASCOC and the sports ministry. The next step is for SARU’s general council to approve the plan.
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At least half the Springbok side must consist of players of colour in five years’ time, with 60% of those required to be black African.
SARU’s Strategic Transformation Plan will address transformation in rugby in a bid to meet racial targets by 2019.
Sport24 – Rapport
In addition, Heyneke Meyer will be expected to field a side containing at least five black players at the World Cup in England next year.
The plan, which was revealed in Sunday newspaper Rapport, will see a comprehensive overhaul of the current structures, including demands on the Springboks, Blitzboks and Junior Boks teams, as well as teams in the Vodacom Cup, Currie Cup and Super Rugby tournaments. There will also be quotas in amateur rugby and across all Craven Week tournaments.
The aim is to make sure that all representative teams contain at least 50% players of colour within the next five years.
Of the Springbok team currently competing in the Rugby Championship, only 19% are non-white, while only 12% are black African. Zimbabwean-born prop Tendai Mtawarira was the only black African player to start in the defeat to Australia in Perth, with Trevor Nyakane warming the bench.
The plan was drawn up by the SARU executive council earlier this year after being heavily criticised by the department of sport, and sports minister Fikile Mbalula, over the lack of transformation in the current Bok team.
Meyer will be encouraged to make sure there are at least seven players of colour in the Springbok match-day squad from next year, while Neil Powell’s SA Sevens squad will be expected to adhere to a strict 40% colour quota.
Dawie Theron’s Junior Boks have to select at least 12 players of colour in his squad of 28 for the 2015 Junior World Championship in Portugal, four of whom must be black.
The plan will also address transformation among coaches, referees, team managers, administrative officers and suppliers of services to SARU.
At least 30% of national coaches must be coloured come next year, with at least 10% required to be black.
“It’s a sustainable way to implement transformation in South African rugby,” said Mervin Green, Saru’s general manager for development. “Most of SARU’s provinces have failed to yield results due to lack of proper talent identification and development programmes.
“The transformation plan will be monitored annually to identify barriers that have a negative impact on the implementation.”
Conget’s = Conrat’s!
Firstly let me say that I didn’t watch any of the tests on Saturday, and decided to erase the recordings as well so can’t really comment on the SA performance.
As far as “transformation” (dirty word) is concerned I SAY ONCE AGAIN to both SARU and government ;
Transformation occurs as a natural consequence of DEVELOPMENT.
If SA Rugby had used the golden opportunity after 1995, and to a somewhat lesser degree in 2007, when the RWC had been won and the whole population was in love with Rugby, to start up MEANINGFUL grass roots development programs at both school and club level’s in previously disadvantaged areas, Rugby in SA would today be a perfect example of a sport that represents the demographics of the country.
Instead, irrespective of what SARU will tell you, F-All happened.
I personally got involved witha club in a former “coloured” area in the south of JHB in 2005, and served as their Chairman on the Chairman’s Council of the GLRU from 2006 – 2010.
During that time there was a total input of “development” either in equipment, coaching aid or finance of…….. F-ALL.
Neither the GLRU or SARU contributed ANYTHING.
In fact, if a coach wanted to go on a course to qualify for a higher level, he or the club had to pay. (In honesty I recall that it may have been discounted, but still had to be paid for.)
The only contribution came in the form of a development program sponsored by Fury / Summitt Motor Group that supplied some 30 schools and Clubs with kit and training aids.
Truth be told though that after the first year of this development program, there was a big falling out between the GLRU and Fury / Summitt that saw it carrying on “with the GLRU’s blessing”, but not directly through them.
Every year before the start of the season, each GLRU club was required to submit a list of training requirements. Each year our list was the same. Coaching courses where required. Financial management course for the club manager. Turf maintenance course. etc etc etc.
Eventually I just used the same list, as none of the requirements were ever realised or addressed.
Imagine for one omemenet that after winning the World Cup in 1995, that SARU (or whoever they were then) initiated real grass roots programs.
Today, nearly 20 years on, there would be HIGHLY qualified coaches, club managers, groundsmen, and YES, even players permeating every formerly disadvantaged area.
At our club, transformation was, and remains even today a dirty word.
Don’t transform, DEVELOP. The transformation will just happen.
Either way. SARU and government remain a bunch of TWATS not interested in building Rugby up to where it should be.
Both just want to score short term points that they can point to as REAL achievements, but in reality NOTHING has been achieved.
Now everyone go and do a small exercise. Make a list of all provincial and international players of colour in SA between 1995 and 2011.
Check where they went to school and decide for yourself how much GRASS ROOTS development has really occured.
IMO, a player of colour that went to KES, DHS or Affies is not a product of either development or transformation.
In closing, let me say that I see that there has been some improvement, BUT NOT ENOUGH as far as moving Rugby into “previously disadvantaged” communities is concerned.
I could go on and on about this, but won’t.
After another unplanned visit to the hospital yesterday I really don’t need to push my blood pressure up worrying about shit that neither SARU or government really want to take seriously.
Fukc both of those “venerable” (as against venereal) organisations.
I am already suffering from rugby fatigue. This could be the last straw.
I have yet to see a transformation policy that has actually benefited the nation.
That is why we have so many service delivery protests.
@ Scrumdown:
@ Charo:
Why should rugby be different to everything else in this country?
@ Nama:
Nama, you cant just cherry pick games.
This wasn’t even a tri nations game, it was a warm up before the main event and SA went on to beat Aus twice with very different looking teams. They also beat the ABs at Newlands with a different team.
gunther wrote:
Indeed, why should it be?
Spot the odd one out ( results of the last 3 internationals of the big 3 sports in SA ):
Soccer: Bafana Bafana ( 90% black) won
Cricket : Proteas ( 45% black) won
Rugby: Boks ( 20% black) lost.
A person does not have to be Einstein to get the answer right.
🙂
@ robzim:
Talk about cherry picking if you are using a Bafana result to support your argument.
😆
@ gunther:
Do I see you in CT stadium on Wednesday night ( if Nigeria arrives)?
You can wear your Bok jersey as long as bring a Vuvuzela and a pair of outsize faked sunglasses.
🙂
@ robzim:
Nigeria are playing in Cape Town?
That will be like a home game for them.
I think more important than any quotas or transformation issues is what to do with Morne Steyn.
Holyshit how kak is he.
If your only job in the world is to be a good kicker because you are so kak at everything else, then please make sure that you kick well.
As they say in the classics, if youre going to be a one trick pony, make sure its a bloody good trick.
He cant get his line away and he cant tackle and he cant run therefore his goal kicking needs to be 100%, not 90 or 80, 100%. And when we get a penalty to relieve the pressure, make sure you kick the farking thing out.
9 and 10 need an overhaul. Now.
126 @ robzim:
World Champion Cherry picker. 😀
@ John Galt:
While I also was irritated by Steyns last kick and the fact that he kicked a little too much. He DID get the line away that lead to our try.
@ MacroBok:
Macro, catching and passing is not ‘getting your line away’. My 7 year old niece can catch and pass.
@ John Galt:
then he should play for the springboks?
Im just saying thats quite a sweeping statement… foley and beale are also supposedly good at getting th eir line away
she
gunther wrote:
Quip of the week already, showed it to my Nigerian colleague and he almost broke the recliner leaning back in his chair laughing!
He has never been to Cape Town, but you sure did some promotion job on him now, he wants to go soonest, another one on his way to the fairest city then…..
Nama, I respect your views and can see that you love your rugby as much as the next man.
But with all due respect, I cannot see how you can support the quota/target system at one level but not at another.
You’re either for it or against it, you can’t have it both ways.
Seriously.
@ Pietman:
Cape Town is “transforming”……
Into Little Lagos.
Article has been revised, SARU has confirmed that it is accurate
119 @ nortierd:
120 @ Scrumdown:
Thanks guys… yeah it is a biggie today, the Big FIVE OH, Half a Century, 600 Months!
Hell, how quickly a THIRD of your life passes!
grootblousmile wrote:
It’s the speed the second two thirds pass that should worry you!
I’m sure I’ve wasted a third of my life in the last 3 weeks.
Ended up at Unitas again yesterday!
141 @ Scrumdown:
Jeez, no, not again!
Did the bleeding return?
142 @ grootblousmile:
Yup. Just a short bleeding session of 20 minutes then I got it stopped.
Seems it may all be linked to blood pressure.
Up to casualty where they basically checked my blood pressure, sat me on a bed, checked BP again, gave me a pill, wrote a script and gave me some BP pills, then sent me home with a R2k bill.
Vark engineering as a noble profession.
No wonder Netcare’s profits shot through the roof last financial year.
@ grootblousmile:
Mohave a double condensed milk on me.
😆
144 @ gunther:
Hahaha
Thanks, will do!
@ grootblousmile:
50.
It’s a serious number.
😆
146 @ gunther:
I’m a serious fella!
I am blessed with excellent health… have’nt seen a doctor in years and years… and I suppose that is what counts!
@ grootblousmile:
Happy bday groot oom webmonster
I still cant get over that graph
@ grootblousmile: 50 today?
Hau! I didn’t think you were a day younger than 65!!!
Happy Birthday gbs, hope it’s a good one!!!
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